half-pounder

See also: half pounder and halfpounder

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From half +‎ pound +‎ -er.

Noun

half-pounder (plural half-pounders)

  1. (cooking) A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.
  2. (cooking) A burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
  3. (cooking) A burger patty of such an uncooked weight.
  4. (cooking) A food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
  5. (cooking) A sandwich weighing approximately half a pound.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half,‎ pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.

Adjective

half-pounder (not comparable)

  1. Having a weight of a 1/2 of a pound.
    Synonym: half-pound
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