half-pounder

noun, adj — 7 senses

half-pounder

noun

Etymology From half + pound + -er.

1

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.

2

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.

3

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A burger patty of such an uncooked weight.

4

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball.

5

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A sandwich weighing approximately half a pound.

6

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.

half-pounder

adj

Etymology From half + pound + -er.

1

Having a weight of a 1/2 of a pound.

Related terms
full-pound, full-pounder, half, pound, pounder, quarter-pound, quarter-pounder, third-pound, third-pounder

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