What does burger mean?

Definitions for burger
ˈbɜr gərbur·ger

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hamburger, beefburger, burgernoun

    a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

  2. Burger, Warren Burger, Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl Burgernoun

    United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)

Wiktionary

  1. burgernoun

    A hamburger.

  2. burgernoun

    A similar sandwich or patty.

  3. Etymology: Coined around 1939 from hamburger, due to incorrect analysis of that term as ham + burger and shortening.

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  1. burger

    A burger is a type of sandwich typically made of a cooked patty of ground meat or vegetables, placed inside a sliced bun. It is often garnished with various condiments, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and pickles. It is a popular form of fast food but can also be made at home. The most common type of burger is a beef hamburger but there are also variants like chicken, lamb, fish, and veggie burgers for those following vegetarian or vegan diets.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BURGER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Burger is ranked #1840 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Burger surname appeared 19,480 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Burger.

    93.1% or 18,153 total occurrences were White.
    2.1% or 419 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 413 total occurrences were Black.
    1.3% or 265 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 119 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 115 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burger in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of burger in a Sentence

  1. Dave Barry, "Sweating Out Taxes":

    All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can, too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, a business-related newspaper, you can deduct the cost of your house, because, in the words of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in a landmark 1979 tax decision: "Where else are you going to read the paper? Outside? What if it rains?"

  2. Drew Hiatts:

    You can eat them raw like a piece of meat. Tomatoes in January are hard and there's no juice, if someone asks if they can get a tomato on their burger in January, I say' no.' I don't even buy them.

  3. Robert Earl:

    I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Guy — first with the launch of his sandwich and burger menu at Planet Hollywood. Since then, we have kept in touch, determined to work on more projects together, we have found the perfect venture with Chicken Guy!, certain to be a crowd-pleaser. I have personally tasted all the menu items and can’t wait to open at Disney Springs and across the country, because I know our guests will love what Guy has put on the menu.

  4. State Richard Armitage:

    The general feeling was that all President Trump wants is a scalp to hang on the wall, like he did with calling the Singapore nothing-burger a great victory.

  5. Kokoro Toyama:

    We had more and more customers saying they wanted to eat rice for dinner, not bread, and that's why we wanted them to enjoy the McDonald's rice burger.

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