cheeseburger

See also: Cheeseburger

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Blend of cheese +‎ hamburger (1928)

NounEdit

 
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[1]:
      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

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PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

cheeseburger m inan

  1. cheeseburger (sandwich)

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Further readingEdit

  • cheeseburger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cheeseburger in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

NounEdit

cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgeri)

  1. cheeseburger

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