quarter-pounder

plural quarter-pounders · alternative quarter pounder · alternative quarterpounder

1. cookingA beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.

   2011, Simon Day, Comedy and Error: They Really Were Marvellous Times Unfortunately he found me on my own in a Wimpy an hour later nursing a quarter pounder with cheese.

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   "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"

   2011, Tom Colburn, Shattered Window, page 88

   This recipe will make 6–8 “quarter pounders” from only one pound of hamburger. Do the math. Then all you do is BBQ, fry or broil them.

   2011, Michael Turney, Son of a Sea Cook Cookbook, page 140

   I've got four quarter-pounder burgers in the grill pan, I've micro-waved some sesame seed buns, I've got the kettle on […] Come back in, and my quarter-pounders are a-blazing! I turn off the heat, and quickly remove the grill pan, […]

   2014, Eugene Holod, “Rock Rampant”, in Ochre Tinge, page 102

   A range of homemade food is available including original recipe minced beef and onion pie and special quarter pounder burgers, plus steaks on request (every day except Sunday). The pub is a big supporter of armed forces charities.

   2018, Campaign for Real Ale, Good Beer Guide 2019

   Here plant-based versions include crispy, fried not-chicken burgers, beyond meat quarter pounders and dirty fries.

   2022, Isabel Albiston, Fionn Davenport, Marc Di Duca, Lonely Planet Great Britain

2. cookingA burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
3. cookingA burger patty of such uncooked weight.
4. cookingA food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
5. cookingA sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
6. 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.

   1931, Arthur Ransome, Swallowdale

alternative quarter pounder · alternative quarterpounder

1. not comparableHaving a weight of a 1/4 of a pound.

   Synonyms: quarter-pound