BURGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Burger mean? 

• BURGER (noun)
  The noun BURGER has 2 senses:

1. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)

2. a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

  Familiarity information: BURGER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burger; Warren Burger; Warren E. Burger; Warren Earl Burger

Instance hypernyms:

chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

beefburger; burger; hamburger

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)

 Context examples 

One of my companions whispered to another the line from Burger's "Lenore":—"For the dead travel fast."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)