quarter-pounder
A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cookingA beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
Translations
1 languagesMeaning
6 sensesA beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
More meanings 3
A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
Origin
From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. BFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: quarter-pounders| Singular | quarter-pounder |
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See also
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