cheeseburger

See also: Cheeseburger

English

Etymology

Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928)

Noun

A cheeseburger.

cheeseburger (plural cheeseburgers)

  1. A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
    Synonym: (rare, nonstandard) cheesehamburger
    • 1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them:
      Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.
    • 2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos, page 48:
      Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.
  2. (military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.
    Synonyms: Big Blue 82, daisy cutter

Derived terms

Translations

Polish

cheeseburger

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English cheeseburger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂizˈbur.ɡɛr/, /ˈt͡ʂiz.bur.ɡɛr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -urɡɛr
  • Syllabification: cheese‧bur‧ger

Noun

cheeseburger m animal (related adjective cheeseburgerowy)

  1. cheeseburger (hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese))
    Hypernym: kanapka
    Coordinate terms: burger, fishburger, hamburger

Declension

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

Noun

cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgeri)

  1. cheeseburger

Declension

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