hamburger
noun /ˈhæmbɜːɡə(r)/
/ˈhæmbɜːrɡər/
- (also burger)(British English also beefburger)[countable] beef cut into small pieces and made into a flat round shape that is then fried, often served in a bread rollTopics Fooda2
- (also hamburger meat, ground beef)(all North American English)(British English mince)[uncountable] beef that has been cut very small in a special machine
Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally US): from German Hamburg, a port in northern Germany.