half-pounder

plural half-pounders · alternative half pounder · alternative halfpounder

1. cookingA beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.
2. cookingA burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
3. cookingA burger patty of such an uncooked weight.
4. cookingA food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
5. cookingA sandwich weighing approximately half a pound.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.

alternative half pounder · alternative halfpounder

1. not comparableHaving a weight of a 1/2 of a pound.

   Synonyms: half-pound