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BURGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
Synonyms:
beefburger; burger; hamburger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("burger" is a kind of...):
sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)
Meronyms (parts of "burger"):
ground beef; hamburger (beef that has been ground)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burger"):
cheeseburger (a hamburger with melted cheese on it)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)
Synonyms:
Burger; Warren Burger; Warren E. Burger; Warren Earl Burger
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)