Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

  2. Ingridents used in this type of sandwich:

    (countable, uncountable)The patty used in such a sandwich.

    Hamburger, Hamburger

    га́мбургерgámburger, котле́таkotléta, га́мбургерgámburger

    га́мбургерhámburher, га́мбурґерhámburger, котле́таkotléta

  3. (uncountable)Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.

    beef that has been ground

  4. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable)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.

    I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.

  5. (US, countable, informal, uncountable)Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

Examples

161 sentences
  1. I'm sick and tired of hamburgers.

    Гамбургери у мене вже в печінках сидять.

    ruЯ устал от гамбургеров.

    deIch habe die Nase voll von Hamburgern.

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  2. My son is tired of hamburgers.

    Мій син втомився від гамбургерів.

    ruМой сын устал от гамбургеров.

    deMein Sohn hat die Nase voll von Hamburgern.

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  3. How many hamburgers did you eat?

    Скільки ти з'їв гамбургерів?

    ruСколько гамбургеров ты съел?

    deWie viele Hamburger haben Sie gegessen?

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  4. Would you order me a hamburger?

    Ви не могли б замовити мені гамбургер?

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  5. I ate a hamburger for lunch.

    На обід я з'їв гамбургер.

    ruЯ съел на обед гамбургер.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
sandwich:
patty:
Русский
By meaning 2
sandwich:
patty:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sandwich:

Origin

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from G

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

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Forms

plural: hamburgers
Singularhamburger
Pluralhamburgers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients:beefburgerburger
  • beef that has been ground:ground beef

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • ate a hamburger
  • best best hamburgers
  • order a hamburger
  • how many hamburgers
  • best hamburgers in
  • best hamburgers
  • many hamburgers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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