ranchburger
ranchburger noun: a cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.
Noun
ranchburger (plural ranchburgers)
- A cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.
- Judy Drive was a short gravel-mixed road flanked by a dozen aluminum-sided "ranchburgers" with wading pools or pick-up trucks parked on the front lawns.1991, Ellen Harris, Dying to Get Married: The Courtship and Murder of Julie Miller Bulloch, HarperPaperbacks, →ISBN, page 121
- A hamburger featuring elements of the cuisine of the Southwestern United States.
- Make ranchburgers by dividing the meat for each hamburger into two patties. Place a spoonful of chili sauce and chopped onion on one patty and cover it with the other, sealing it well at the edges.1966 April 7, “Ground Beef Extra Spicy”, in The Baltimore Sun
Forms of ranchburger
| plural | ranchburgers |
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Origin of ranchburger
From ranch + -burger.
Questions about ranchburger
- What does ranchburger mean?
- Ranchburger means a cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.
- What part of speech is ranchburger?
- Ranchburger is a noun.
- What is the plural of ranchburger?
- The plural of ranchburger is ranchburgers.
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