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quarterpounder

quarterpounder is the alternative form of quarter-pounder.

Meaning of quarter-pounder

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
  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

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Forms of quarterpounder

pluralquarterpounders

Questions about quarterpounder

What is quarterpounder the alternative form of?
Quarterpounder is the alternative form of quarter-pounder.

Words near quarterpounder in the dictionary

  1. quarterpaces
  2. quarterpennies
  3. quarterpenny
  4. quarterpipe
  5. quarterpipes
  6. quarterpounder
  7. quarterpounders
  8. quarters
  9. quarters of an hour
  10. quartersaw
  11. quartersawed

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