quarter-pounder
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quarter-pounder
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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.
noun quarter-pounders · quarter pounder · quarterpounder
- A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking. "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"
- A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
- A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
- A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
- A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
- 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.
adjective quarter pounder · quarterpounder
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Having a weight of a 1/4 of a pound.
Similar: quarter-pound
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noun burger sandwich
| Français | quart de livre |
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