# hamburger

Pronunciation: US say "HAM-bur-gur" /ˈhæmˌbɝ.ɡɚ/; UK say "HAM-bur-guh" /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/

## Noun

1. A hot sandwich made from a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute in a sliced bun, usually with salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
   - Simple: A hot food made of a cooked beef or meat-free patty in a round bun, often with vegetables and sauces.
   - _He topped his hamburger with lettuce, tomato, and a slice of cheddar._
   - _The vegan cafe serves hamburgers built around a soy-based patty._
2. Ground beef, particularly the kind sold to be formed into patties.
   - Simple: Ground beef, especially the kind sold for making patties.
   - _The recipe calls for a pound of lean hamburger and a diced onion._
   - _He bought fresh hamburger from the butcher for the meatballs._
3. A patty of ground beef, raw or cooked, of the kind served inside a sliced bun in a hamburger.
   - Simple: A flat, round piece of ground beef made to be cooked and put inside a bun.
   - _He seasoned the hamburger generously before setting it on the hot pan._
   - _A well-cooked hamburger should rest a moment before it goes in the bun._
4. Ellipsis of hamburger button: the icon of three stacked horizontal lines that opens a hidden menu. — Ellipsis of hamburger button.
   - Simple: Short form of hamburger button. It is the icon of three stacked lines that opens a hidden menu.
   - _The designer moved the hamburger to the top-right of the screen._
   - _Tapping the hamburger slides the navigation panel into view._
5. An animal or human, or the flesh of one, that has been badly injured in an accident or conflict. *(colloquial, US)*
   - Simple: A person or animal, or the flesh of one, badly hurt in a crash or a fight.
   - _The surgeons found that the crushed limb had been turned to hamburger._
   - _By the final round, the boxer's face was hamburger._
6. A fold that halves a rectangular sheet of paper across its width, producing a short, wide rectangle. *(colloquial, US)*
   - Simple: A way of folding a sheet of paper in half the wide way to make a short, wide rectangle.
   - _Fold the paper hamburger, then crease the edge firmly with your thumb._
   - _A hamburger fold keeps the artwork on the outside of the card._

## Verb

7. To severely injure or mangle a fleshy part of the body. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To badly hurt or crush a soft part of someone's body.
   - _The grinder will hamburger your fingers if you reach in without the guard._
   - _She hamburgered her knee in the cycling crash last weekend._

## Origin

A shortening of terms like "Hamburger sandwich" or "Hamburger steak," where Hamburger is borrowed from German Hamburger ("native of Hamburg"), from Hamburg plus the suffix -er.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hamburger (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).