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hamburgher

hamburgher is the obsolete spelling of hamburger.

Meaning of hamburger

Noun

hamburger (countable and uncountable, plural hamburgers)

  1. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
  2. The patty used in such a sandwich.
    Synonyms:
    hamburger patty
  3. (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
  4. (US, colloquial, somewhat crude) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
    • The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger.
  5. (US, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

See all 7 meanings of hamburger

Forms of hamburgher

pluralhamburghers

Questions about hamburgher

What is hamburgher the obsolete spelling of?
Hamburgher is the obsolete spelling of hamburger.

Words near hamburgher in the dictionary

  1. hamburgers
  2. hamburgery
  3. Hamburgh
  4. Hamburgh chicken
  5. Hamburgh chickens
  6. hamburgher
  7. hamburghers
  8. Hamburghs
  9. Hamburgian
  10. Hamburgians
  11. hamburgs

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