half pounder
half pounder is the alternative form of half-pounder.
Meaning of half-pounder
Noun
half-pounder (plural half-pounders)
- A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.
- A burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
- A burger patty of such an uncooked weight.
- A food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
- A sandwich weighing approximately half a pound.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.
Forms of half pounder
| plural | half pounders |
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Questions about half pounder
- What is half pounder the alternative form of?
- Half pounder is the alternative form of half-pounder.
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