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halfpounder

halfpounder is the alternative form of half-pounder.

Meaning of half-pounder

Noun

half-pounder (plural half-pounders)

  1. A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.
  2. A burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
  3. A burger patty of such an uncooked weight.
  4. A food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
  5. A sandwich weighing approximately half a pound.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.

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Forms of halfpounder

pluralhalfpounders

Questions about halfpounder

What is halfpounder the alternative form of?
Halfpounder is the alternative form of half-pounder.

Words near halfpounder in the dictionary

  1. halfpipe
  2. halfpipes
  3. halfplanar
  4. halfplane
  5. halfplanes
  6. halfpounder
  7. halfpounders
  8. halfrican
  9. halfricans
  10. halfro
  11. halfros

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