half-pounder

== English == === Alternative forms === half pounder, halfpounder === Etymology === From half +‎ pound +‎ -er. === Noun === half-pounder (plural half-pounders) (cooking) A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked. (cooking) A burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef. (cooking) A burger patty of such an uncooked weight. (cooking) A food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball. (cooking) A sandwich weighing approximately half a pound. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half,‎ pounder: Anything weighing half a pound. === Adjective === half-pounder (not comparable) Having a weight of a 1/2 of a pound. Synonym: half-pound === Related terms ===