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HAMB-urg-uh/ˈhæmbɜːɡə/

A hamburger is a round piece of cooked minced beef inside a bread roll, often with salad. Countable: a hamburger, hamburgers. Informal: a burger. A hot dog is a sausage in a long roll; a sandwich is usually two slices of bread. Not ham (meat) alone — a hamburger is beef.

Meaning

A round piece of cooked minced beef in a bread roll.

Examples

• “I had a hamburger and chips.”
• “This hamburger is too big for me.”
• “They sell hamburgers at the cafe.”

Good to know

a hamburger / a burger. Usually beef, not ham. Contrast: hot dog (sausage), sandwich.

Near in meaning

burger

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