burger
/ˈbɜːɡə/
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British/ˈbəːɡə/
burger noun: a hamburger. Also the alternative form of burgher.
Noun (1)
burger (plural burgers)
- A hamburger.
- A similar sandwich or patty.
- She was planning to have a burger for dinner.
- Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
- A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
- An American.
Noun (2) capitalized: Burger
Burger (plural Burgers)
- Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
- A white wine grape of French origin.
Proper noun capitalized: Burger
Burger (plural Burgers)
- A surname.
Also used as
burger is also the alternative form of burgher.
burger meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Thai
burger in Hindi
- informal: hamburger
- बर्गर bargar, हैमबर्गर haimbargar
burger in Marathi
- informal: hamburger
- बर्गर bargar
burger in Arabic
- informal: hamburger
- بُورْجَر būrgar, بُرْغَر burḡar
burger in Thai
- informal: hamburger
- เบอร์เกอร์ bəə-gə̂ə
Examples of burger in a sentence
- Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
- As far as burgers go, this is one of the best.
- The dogs have eaten your dinner, and I ate the last of the frozen burgers this morning.
Forms of burger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | burgers |
| plural | Burgers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Burgers |
Origin of burger
Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.
See burgher. By surface analysis, burg + -er (“inhabitant of”).
Words formed from burger
- 40 burger
- 50 burger
- Assburgers
- Aussie burger
- baconburger
- banquet burger
- beanburger
- beefburger
- bitch burger
- buffaloburger
- burger bar
- burger bun
- burger burn
- burger flipper
- burger highlife
- Burger League
- burgerless
- burgerlicious
- burgerlike
- burger menu
- burgernomics
- burger sauce
- burger steak
- burgery
- butterburger
- California burger
- Carolina burger
- charburger
- chicken burger
- chori burger
- clamburger
- crabburger
- crab burger
- Dagwood burger
- deerburger
- eat a burger
- elkburger
- fishburger
- flip burgers
- fur burger
- garden-burger
- garden burger
- hamburger
- Hawaii burger
- lamburger
- Luther burger
- miniburger
- mushroomburger
- nonburger
- noodleburger
- nothing-burger
- nothing burger
- nutburger
- Oklahoma onion burger
- olive burger
- pizzaburger
- porkburger
- Ramly burger
- salmonburger
- shrimpburger
Phrases with burger
Words that rhyme with burger
Questions about burger
- What does burger mean?
- Burger means a hamburger.
- What is burger in Hindi?
- Burger in Hindi is बर्गर (bargar), हैमबर्गर (haimbargar). See Burger meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is burger?
- Burger can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce burger?
- Burger is pronounced /ˈbɜːɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of burger?
- The plural of burger is burgers.
Words near burger in the dictionary
Source and license
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