cheeseburger

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Scrabble points: 20
Words With Friends: 23
Letters: 12

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃiːzˌbɜː.ɡə/(UK)

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/ˈtʃiːzˌbɜː.ɡə/(UK) · /ˈtʃizˌbɝ.ɡɚ/(US)

Definition of cheeseburger

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

“Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.”
“Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.”

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noun

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

“Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.”
“Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.”
(slang)The BLU-82 bomb.

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Etymology

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Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese Old High German Hamme? Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburg Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Germanic *warjaną Proto-Germanic *warjaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *-ārijazinflu. Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære German -er German Hamburgerder. English hamburger English cheeseburger Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger.

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200+ playable · top: BESEECHER (16 pts)

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CHEESEBURGERS 21 pts

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