-burger
1
a combining form extracted from hamburger, occurring in compounds the initial element of which denotes a special garnish for a hamburger or a substitute ingredient for the meat patty:
baconburger; cheeseburger; fishburger.
Related Words
- baconburger
- beefburger
- cheeseburger
- chiliburger
-burger
patty:
patty:
hamburger, veggieburger
☞ burger
-burg·er
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: hamburger
1.
a. : patty of a (specified) kind of food usually meat or a meat substitute
< porkburger >
< nutburger >
b. : sandwich made of such a patty
< porkburger >
2. : sandwich with a filling consisting of a hamburger patty topped with a (specified) food
< cheeseburger >
1.
a.
< porkburger >
< nutburger >
b.
< porkburger >
2.
< cheeseburger >
-burger
Suffix
- Used to make the names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of the specified foodstuff, or with that foodstuff used in place of the usual meat.
Etymology
Back-formation from hamburger, as if it were ham + -burger.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -burger