# half-pounder

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
From half + pound + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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