hamburger icon

English

Etymology

The three lines suggest a stylised hamburger, i.e. a layer of meat between two layers of bread.

Noun

hamburger icon (plural hamburger icons)

1. (graphical user interface, mobile telephony) A symbol consisting of three parallel horizontal lines (i.e. the triple bar ≡), used to indicate a dropdown menu.

Related terms

• hamburger button
• hamburger menu

See also

• Appendix:Variations of "≡"

Further reading

• Hamburger button on Wikipedia.Wikipedia