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quarter-pounder en · ADJ

Etymology

From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having a weight of a 1/4 of a pound.

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Relateds

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

Synonyms

quarter-pound

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quarter-pounder en · NOUN

Etymology

From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.

Meanings

1. A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
   • This recipe will make 6–8 “quarter pounders” from only one pound of hamburger. Do the math. Then all you do is BBQ, fry or broil them. 2011, Michael Turney, Son of a Sea Cook Cookbook, page 140:
   • Here plant-based versions include crispy, fried not-chicken burgers, beyond meat quarter pounders and dirty fries. 2022, Isabel Albiston, Fionn Davenport, Marc Di Duca, Lonely Planet Great Britain:
   • "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?" 2011, Tom Colburn, Shattered Window, page 88:
   • A range of homemade food is available including original recipe minced beef and onion pie and special quarter pounder burgers, plus steaks on request (every day except Sunday). The pub is a big supporter of armed forces charities. 2018, Campaign for Real Ale, Good Beer Guide 2019:
   • I've got four quarter-pounder burgers in the grill pan, I've micro-waved some sesame seed buns, I've got the kettle on […] Come back in, and my quarter-pounders are a-blazing! I turn off the heat, and quickly remove the grill pan, […] 2014, Eugene Holod, “Rock Rampant”, in Ochre Tinge, page 102:
   • 2011, Simon Day, Comedy and Error: They Really Were Marvellous Times Unfortunately he found me on my own in a Wimpy an hour later nursing a quarter pounder with cheese.
2. A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
3. A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
4. A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
5. A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
   • A half-pound fish is a very good one, and the quarter-pounders are good enough. 1931, Arthur Ransome, Swallowdale:

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Translations (1)

fr quart de livre (burger sandwich)

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