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half-pounder en · ADJ

Etymology

From half + pound + -er.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having a weight of a 1/2 of a pound.

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Relateds

quarter-pound · pound · full-pound · full-pounder · third-pound · half · pounder · third-pounder · quarter-pounder

Synonyms

half-pound

half-pounder en · NOUN

Etymology

From half + pound + -er.

Meanings

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

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