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Meaning of hamburger in English

hamburger
noun
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/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡər/ us
/ˈhæmˌbɝː.ɡɚ/

hamburger noun (MEAT)

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[ C ]
(informal burger); (UK also beefburger)
a round, flat piece of minced beef, fried and usually eaten between two halves of a bread roll
 
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[ U ] US
(UK mince)
beef that is cut into very small pieces, used to make hamburgers
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hamburger noun (SYMBOL)

[ C ]
(also hamburger button, hamburger icon, hamburger menu)
a symbol consisting of three horizontal lines that you can touch or click on to see a menu, for example on a website or phone app:
Every time I click on the hamburger the page scrolls to the top.
The hamburger button is typically found in a top corner of a graphical user interface.
If you’re designing a website, it’s usually recommended that you place hamburger icons in the top left corner of a page.
Click on the hamburger menu (three bars) in the top right corner.
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hamburger noun (ON ROAD)

[ C ] UK
a road junction (= where roads come together) consisting of a main road that goes through the middle of a roundabout (= a junction where traffic must go around a circular area in the middle):
The simplest of these road layouts is the hamburger, which ploughs a two-way road through a central island.
a hamburger junction/island/roundabout
 
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(Definition of hamburger from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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hamburger
noun [ C/U ]
us
/ˈhæmˌbɜr·ɡər/
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very small pieces of beef (= meat from cattle), or this meat pressed into a round, flat shape, cooked, and usually eaten as a sandwich in a small, round roll (= piece of bread):
[ U ] a pound of hamburger (meat)
[ C ] I’ll take a hamburger and French fries, please.
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There is nothing wrong with selling hamburgers; it is an honourable occupation.
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He was not religious, he ate hamburgers and chips, and so on.
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Is it intended that, say, sirloin of beef and lamb chops should be in, but that mince and hamburgers should be out?
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If there was a genuine market in health, as there is in hamburgers, one would not mind.
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The hot dogs, the hamburgers and the onions were on the griddle.
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We are talking about heated hamburgers, heated hot dogs and hot fat.
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We are speaking of people with a much humbler calling, who make a living selling hamburgers.
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They want the hamburgers and that is all that they are concerned with.
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We are not talking about the franchising of hamburgers or the changing of cleaning and catering arrangements in hospitals.
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British pet food in cans—beef—is now prohibited, as are hamburgers and beefburgers.
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I am not sure whether such regulations are in force regarding pies, hamburgers and similar products.
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I did not agree with him when he was stuffing hamburgers down that little kid's throat, but that was a judgment.
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Hamburgers, hot dogs and chestnuts are all sold in our royal parks.
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Is it the intention that they would apply to the sale of hamburgers and hot dogs and, for example, umbrellas, chestnuts, tee-shirts and baseball caps?
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They were then knocking the kangaroos on the head and carting them into town and selling them as hamburgers.
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Translations of hamburger

in Chinese (Traditional)
漢堡包，漢堡牛肉餅, （用於做漢堡包的）碎牛肉，牛肉糜…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
汉堡包，汉堡牛肉饼, （用于做汉堡包的）碎牛肉，牛肉糜…
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in Spanish
hamburguesa, carne picada, hamburguesa [feminine]…
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hambúrguer, hambúrguer [masculine]…
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ハンバーガー, ハンバーグ…
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hamburger, hamburger köftesi/eti, hamburger ekmeği…
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hamburger [masculine], steak [masculine] haché, bifteck/steak haché…
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hamburger…
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เนื้อบดหรือเนื้อสับทอด, ขนมปังยัดใส้เนื้อสัตว์…
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bánh kẹp thịt bò, bánh hamburge cuộn…
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hamburgare, pannbiff…
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die Frikadelle, der Hamburger…
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hamburger [masculine], kjøttdeig [masculine], hamburger…
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шніцель, гамбургер…
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