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quarter-pounder

quarter-pounder noun: a beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.

Noun

quarter-pounder (plural quarter-pounders)

  1. A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
    • "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"2011, Tom Colburn, Shattered Window, page 88
    • Unfortunately he found me on my own in a Wimpy an hour later nursing a quarter pounder with cheese.2011, Simon Day, Comedy and Error: They Really Were Marvellous Times
  2. A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
  3. A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
  4. A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
  5. A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
    • A half-pound fish is a very good one, and the quarter-pounders are good enough.1931, Arthur Ransome, Swallowdale

Adjective

quarter-pounder (not comparable)

  1. Having a weight of a 1/4 of a pound.
    Synonyms:
    quarter-pound

Synonyms of quarter-pounder

Forms of quarter-pounder

pluralquarter-pounders
alternative formquarter pounder
alternative formquarterpounder

Origin of quarter-pounder

From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.

Questions about quarter-pounder

What does quarter-pounder mean?
Quarter-pounder means a beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
What part of speech is quarter-pounder?
Quarter-pounder can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of quarter-pounder?
The plural of quarter-pounder is quarter-pounders.

Words near quarter-pounder in the dictionary

  1. quarter-plate
  2. quarter-plates
  3. quarter-point
  4. quarter-points
  5. quarter-pound
  6. quarter-pounder
  7. quarter-pounders
  8. quarter-round
  9. quarter-rounds
  10. quarter-saw
  11. quarter-sawed

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