Is cheeseburger one word

  • #1

I am currently living in the UK and I always saw there are 2 types of cheese burger on a fast food restaurant menu:

1/2 lb cheese burger and 1/4 lb cheese burger.

I usually just say the big one or the small one….

How would native people order them?

  • PaulQ


    • #2

    1. «Cheeseburger» is a single word

    The menu is your best guide: if it says on the menu: «1/2 lb cheeseburger» and «1/4 lb cheeseburger», then you would say,

    «A half-pound cheeseburger, please» / «A quarter-pound cheeseburger, please.»
    or
    «Cheeseburger please, a half-pound one.» / «Cheeseburger please, a quarter-pound one.»

    Sometimes burgers are called half-pounder and quarter-pounder, in which case, «Cheeseburger please, a half-pounder.» / «Cheeseburger please, a quarter-pounder.»

    • #3

    Great! I know how to order now, thanks~:)

    It is obvious that cheeseburger is a generic term. Not so obvious is that it wasn’t always necessarily generic. In fact, the word cheeseburger was once registered as a trademark!

    The history of hamburgers is a subject unto itself, but you can find good explanations of how the hamburger came to be from many sources on the web or in books. Suffice it to say that this history may stretch as far back as 1885. Then, it wasn’t until at least the 1920s before this unusual sandwich became a hit. I provide a bit more of the hamburger’s history below.

    But, of course, anybody with half a brain would have understood that if a hamburger is delish, a hamburger with cheese is sublime. Apparently, it was not so obvious that melted cheese oozing from between two hamburger buns was just what the mustard ordered (I like mustard on a hamburger!). It took at least 10 to 15 years before it occurred to anyone. After that, of course, many a hamburger joint wanted to be able to lay claim to the idea.

    There are, in fact, several claims as to when the first cheeseburger was served, and a couple of different claimants to having trademarked the term. But, as the SlideShare with video presentation below explains, only one claim has actual paperwork to back it up. I’ve provided a transcript for the video, as well, below.

    Regardless of its history, cheeseburger today is a fully generic, and it probably would have been trademark victim of genericide even if it had been enforced, which it wasn’t (who knows why?). Today, it would never be enforceable, of course!

    Hamburger History and Cheeseburger Trademark Video Transcript

    There are several claims as to when the first cheeseburger was served. It may seem strange that it wasn’t immediately obvious that a slice of melted cheese would go great on top of a hamburger patty, but it took at least 45 years after the first hamburger was served – although accounts vary as to exactly when that occurred – and perhaps as long as 10 to 15 years after they became widely popular in the United States. There are several claimants for the first cheeseburger served, such as at “The Rite Spot” in Pasadena, California, 1926; or Kaelin’s Restaurant in Louisville Kentucky in 1934. But, did you know that the word “cheeseburger” is a trademarked term?

    Wait, before you say NO WAY, keep in mind that there was no reason that it shouldn’t be called a “hamburger with cheese” or a “cheese hamburger.” Hamburger started out as Hamburg steak, then became Hamburger steak, and was shortened to just Hamburger. Only later was the hamburger served as a sandwich. Being named after Hamburg, Germany, the word burger did not exist as an independent word. But, since the word ham did exist, many people thought that the term hamburger was a combination of the words ham, as in the cured pork ham, and burger, which had no meaning but was assumed to refer to the way the meat was chopped.

    Of course, it did not go unnoticed that the meat was not ham, so the term beefburger even appeared. It is not clear at all when the hamburger became just a burger, but since the word burger had been attached to similar creations made with other types of meat, such as lamburger, and then cheeseburger, etc., it was only a matter of time before it became independent to represent the style of sandwich, as such. Still, the word cheeseburger could be interpreted as an enterprising term, if someone had thought it up on the spot, deserving of a bit of ownership.

    Saying burger instead of hamburger probably didn’t come into widespread usage until about the 1960s, although the word cheeseburger existed way before that. It still seems incredible, the way we know the term today, that someone sought to own it, but someone claims to have done just that. Curiously, there is more than one claim for the first trademarking of the word cheeseburger, but the one that is able to be substantiated by an actual application originated in Denver, Colorado, in 1935, and was filed by Louis Ballast, of the Humpty Dumpty Barrel Drive-In.

    Ballast was a high-school dropout who, at age twenty, bought the drive-in known then only as “The Barrel,” because of its shape. Ballast was fond of adding all sorts of strange ingredients to hamburgers during off-hours, like peanut butter and melted Hershey’s chocolate bars. When he plopped on a slice of, reportedly, American cheese, he finally got it right and he wasted no time in filing his application, which was called an Application and Affidavit for Registration of a Food Trademark, to register his cheeseburger trademark.

    Ballast’s son still has the trademark application but it was never enforced. Ballast apparently had no problem letting cheeseburger become a generic term, making his reasons for filing the trademark in the first place a bit obscure. But, he did hang a sign on the Barrel reading “Home Of The Original Cheeseburger.” So, the trademark application may have been his way of meeting any future challenges to his claim of the first cheeseburger.

    However, his son said that cheeseburgers became all the rage all over the country soon thereafter and his father did not really know the procedure for enforcing the trademark. The Humpty Dumpty Barrel Drive-In stayed open until 1974, but then became a topless club, and later burned to the ground in 1976. However, a 3-foot granite plaque can be found in its place at 2776 North Speer Drive, Denver, where the Key Bank now stands. As I said, Ballast wasn’t the only one who claimed to have a trademark on the term. The Steak ‘n Shake restaurant chain claims that Gus Belt applied for a trademark, also n the 1930s.

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    • cheeseburger — n. a hamburger with melted cheese on it. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    : a hamburger topped with a slice of cheese

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    Word History

    Etymology

    cheese + hamburger

    First Known Use

    1928, in the meaning defined above

    Time Traveler

    The first known use of cheeseburger was
    in 1928

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    Cheeseburger

    Cheeseburger with fries.jpg

    Cheeseburger served with French fries

    Course Main course
    Place of origin United States
    Serving temperature Hot
    Main ingredients Ground beef patty, cheese, bun
    •   Media: Cheeseburger

    A cheeseburger is a hamburger topped with cheese. Traditionally, the slice of cheese is placed on top of the meat patty. The cheese is usually added to the hamburger patty near the end of the cooking time, which allows the cheese to melt. Cheeseburgers can include variations in structure, ingredients and composition. As with other hamburgers, a cheeseburger may include various condiments and other toppings such as lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, avocado, mushrooms, mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard.

    In fast food restaurants, the cheese used in cheeseburgers is usually processed cheese. Other meltable cheeses may be used as alternatives. Common examples include cheddar, Swiss, mozzarella, blue cheese, and pepper jack. Popular restaurants that sell cheeseburgers include McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and many more.

    Origins

    By the late 19th century, the vast grasslands of the Great Plains had been opened up for cattle ranching. This made it possible for many Americans to consume beef almost daily. The hamburger remains as one of the cheapest sources of beef in America.[1]

    Adding cheese to hamburgers became popular in 1920. There are several competing claims as to who created the first cheeseburger. Lionel Sternberger is reputed to have introduced the cheeseburger in 1924 at the age of 16. He was working as a fry cook at his father’s Pasadena, California sandwich shop, «The Rite Spot», and «experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger.»[2][3][4][5][6][7]
    An early example of the cheeseburger appearing on a menu is a 1928 menu for the Los Angeles restaurant O’Dell’s which listed a cheeseburger smothered with chili for 25 cents.[8][9][10]

    Other restaurants also claim to have invented the cheeseburger. For example, Kaelin’s Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, said it invented the cheeseburger in 1934.[11] One year later, a trademark for the name «cheeseburger» was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Colorado.[12] According to Steak ‘n Shake archives, the restaurant’s founder, Gus Belt, applied for a trademark on the word in the 1930s.[13][14][15]

    An A&W Restaurants franchise in Lansing, Michigan is credited with inventing the bacon cheeseburger in 1963, putting it on the menu after repeated requests from the same customer.[16]

    The steamed cheeseburger, a variation almost exclusively served in central Connecticut, is believed to have been invented at a restaurant called Jack’s Lunch in Middletown, Connecticut, in the 1930s.[17]

    The largest cheeseburger ever made weighed 2,014 pounds (914 kg). It is said to have included «60 pounds (27 kg) of bacon, 50 pounds (23 kg) of lettuce, 50 pounds (23 kg) of sliced onions, 40 pounds (18 kg) of pickles, and 40 pounds (18 kg) of cheese.» This record was set in 2012 by Minnesota’s Black Bear Casino, smashing the previous record of 881 pounds (400 kg).[18]

    In the United States, National Cheeseburger Day is celebrated annually on September 18.[19]

    Ingredients

    Some cheeseburger ingredients

    The ingredients used to create cheeseburgers follow similar patterns found in the regional variations of hamburgers, although most start with ground beef. Common cheeses used for topping are American, Swiss, Cheddar and other meltable cheeses. Popular toppings include lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, avocado or guacamole, sliced sautéed mushrooms, cheese sauce or chili, but the variety of possible toppings is broad.

    A cheeseburger may have more than one patty or more than one slice of cheese—it is reasonably common, but by no means automatic, for the number to increase at the same rate with cheese and meat interleaved. A stack of two or more patties follows the same basic pattern as hamburgers: with two patties will be called a double cheeseburger; a triple cheeseburger has three, and while much less common, a quadruple has four.[20][21]

    Sometimes cheeseburgers are prepared with the cheese enclosed within the ground beef, rather than on top. This is sometimes known as a Jucy Lucy.[22]

    Gallery

    • A Burger King "Quad Stacker" cheeseburger, containing four patties and bacon

      A Burger King «Quad Stacker» cheeseburger, containing four patties and bacon

    • A cheeseburger at a restaurant in Camden Town, London

      A cheeseburger at a restaurant in Camden Town, London

    • A half-eaten McDonald's Big Mac, showing the contents of the burger

      A half-eaten McDonald’s Big Mac, showing the contents of the burger

    See also

    • Cheeseburger bill
    • «Cheeseburger in Paradise»
    • I Can Has Cheezburger?
    • List of hamburgers
    • List of hamburger restaurants
    • List of sandwiches
    • Patty melt
    • Slider
    • Steamed cheeseburger

    References

    1. ^ Ozersky, Josh (2008). The Hamburger: The History. New Haven Conn.: Yale University Press. pp. 12, 14. ISBN 9780300117585.
    2. ^ «Plaque commemorating invention of the cheeseburger in Pasadena dedicated at LA Financial Credit Union | Pasadena Chamber of Commerce».
    3. ^ Piasecki, Joe (January 16, 2012). «Pasadena claims its slice of burger history». Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
    4. ^ Harvey, Steve (March 27, 1991). «Only in L.A.» Los Angeles Times. p. B2. Cooking at his father’s short-order joint in Pasadena in the early 1920s, [Sternberger] experimentally tossed a slice (variety unknown) on a hamburger…
    5. ^ Perry, Charles (June 9, 2004). «It’s an L.A. Thing; Our burgers are the best with good reason: We made them here first». Los Angeles Times. p. F1. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
    6. ^ Piasecki, Joe (January 13, 2012). «Yes, it was invented in Pasadena! Probably. Tracing the cheeseburger from inception to Bob’s Big Boy». Pasadena Sun. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
    7. ^ Henerson, Evan (June 23, 1999). «The Tale of the Cheeseburger». San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Archived from the original on April 12, 2003. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
    8. ^ Grace, Roger M. (January 15, 2004). «Old Menus Tell the History of Hamburgers in L.A.» Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
    9. ^ Spiers, Katherine (September 18, 2013). «Were Cheeseburgers Invented in Pasadena?». KCET. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
    10. ^ «O’Dell’s menu». Menu Collection. Los Angeles Public Library. 1928. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
    11. ^ «Louisville Facts & Firsts — LouisvilleKy.gov». City of Louisville, Kentucky. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2006.
    12. ^ «History of the Cheeseburger». Cheese-Burger.net (blog). Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2008.
    13. ^ Flick, Bill (February 20, 2012). «Flick Fact 2/20/2012 Monday». Bloomington Pantagraph. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
    14. ^ «Our ‘Top 5 List’ of little-known facts about Bloomington-Normal». WJBC-FM. July 29, 2011. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
    15. ^ Perry, Catherine D. (July 7, 2004). «Steak ‘n Shake vs Burger King, Memorandum and Order» (PDF). United States District Court Eastern District Missouri Eastern Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2012. (7 July 2004) 323 F. Supp.2d 983 (E.D. Mo. 2004)
    16. ^ Jason, Jason (June 22, 2015). «14 Things You Didn’t Know About A&W Restaurants». Thrillist. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
    17. ^ George Motz (May 10, 2011). Hamburger America: Completely Revised and Updated Edition: A State-by-State Guide to 150 Great Burger Joints. Running Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-7624-4234-8.
    18. ^ Ulla, Gabe (September 4, 2012). «World’s Biggest Cheeseburger Clocks in at 2,014 Pounds». Eater. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
    19. ^ «Free cheeseburgers! Where to find the meal deals for National Cheeseburger Day Tuesday». USA Today. September 18, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
    20. ^ Tice, Carol (January 28, 2002). «In-N-Out Burgers: With an emphasis on quality, this fast feeder shows its rare appeal. (Regional Powerhouse Chains)». Nation’s Restaurant News. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014 – via Highbeam Research.
    21. ^ Hall, David (October 24, 2006). «Society’s fast food intake reeks». Daily Skiff. Texas Christian University School of Journalism. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
    22. ^ Flower, Justin; Boller, Jay (March 13, 2008). «Burger Battle». Minnesota Daily. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved October 31, 2017.

    Further reading

    • Henerson, Evan (June 23, 1999). «The Tale of the Cheeseburger». San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Archived from the original on April 12, 2003.
    • Nosowitz, Dan (July 6, 2018). «The Price of Cheeseburgers Has Gone Up». Modern Farmer. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
    • Gilad, Elon (August 16, 2018). «Can Jews eat cheeseburgers after all?». Haaretz. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
    1. The expected answer seems to be Folk Etymology or a less biased euphemism like Reanalysis, as per Wikipedia

    a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one.

    • Whether this is the correct answer should depend on context.
    1. The derivatational process is Back-formation

    In etymology, back-formation is the process or result of creating a new word via inflection, typically by removing or substituting actual or supposed affixes from a lexical item, in a way that expands the number of lexemes associated with the corresponding root word

    • Back-formation in analytic language is functionally equivalent to etymological reanalysis.

    E.g. for «resurrect» to exist «resurrection» had to be reanalyzed as *verb + -ion, or /ʃn̩/ as the case may be, which happened on a wider scale with similar words. Likewise, ham and other words in the same category likely combine with many words, so it looks like a productive pattern. That’s analogy when entire paradigms coalesce. This is not really the case here, but it is not a closed class either.

    By the time that Cheeseburger was coined, the Hamburger was likely associated with ham for a long time, though it would be a peculiar name when paddies are made from beef. The fact that burger had hitherto no meaning on its own has no bearing, because regular words like bread, loaf or cran as cranberry-morpheme too have no internal derivation to justify their use.

    Linguistic relativity is narrower than that. The same holds in principle for ham. We don’t have to expect an initial etymology passed on with the condiment, because Hamburg has no monopoly on meat in a bun. To expect users to conform to some lexicographic ideal is the etymological fallacy

    Since Mett-Brötchen (cp. minced meat) are popular in northern Germany, and Hamburg’s markets are popular for their fresh food, raw ham is a likely ingredient. It’s possible that sailors needed conserved meat balls, but there is no obvious significance to the receipt other than perhaps clever small time marketing, which cannot be excluded. Whether in a deliberate pun or by accident, whether from ham («pork»), hum (a big bite), archaizing ham («home») … if the word ham contributed to the proliferation of hamburger as a word, that’s certainly notable from a German perspective where ham is otherwise less meaningful. It is not even wrong since the details of its origin are admittedly a bit hazy.

    That would make the Hamburg origin story a folk etymology, in my humble opinion, that is, a notable account which is probably, to a certain extend, correct yet inaccurate. The older a folk etymology is, the more likely it is either still uncertain or eventually incorrect. 1. If they are correct they are simply called etymology, or specifically transparent. 2. If the origin is obscure, that’s why a folk etymology emerged to stop the gap in the first place. 3. Etymology as an ongoing effort has made advances that turn recent etymologies (1) and long standing riddles (2) obsolete. A particular subset of these is the folk etymology as an object of lexicographical interest. Even if it is obviously wrong, its origin might be informative at the root.

    That’s why cheeseburger cannot be said to be based on a folk etymology: ham was not replaced with a more familiar ham, its meaning was rather extended one way or another, and it was not replaced with cheese for reasons of familiarity. It’s a recent economic coinage.

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    English[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Blend of cheese +‎ hamburger (1928)

    Noun[edit]

    A cheeseburger.

    cheeseburger (plural cheeseburgers)

    1. A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
      Synonym: (rare, nonstandard) cheesehamburger
      • 1956, Frank O’Hara, A Step Away from Them[1]:

        Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET’S / CORNER.

      • 2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos (page 48)
        Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.
    2. (military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.
      Synonyms: Big Blue 82, daisy cutter

    Derived terms[edit]

    • minicheeseburger

    [edit]

    • See burger

    Translations[edit]

    hamburger with cheese

    • Arabic: تْشِيز بَرْغَر‎ m (tšīz barḡar), تْشِيز بَرْجَر‎ m (tšīz bargar)
    • Chinese:
      Cantonese: 芝士漢堡芝士汉堡 (zi1 si6-2 hon3 bou2)
      Mandarin: 起司堡 (qǐsībǎo), 乳酪漢堡乳酪汉堡 (rǔlào hànbǎo)
    • Dutch: kaasburger (nl) m or f
    • Estonian: juustuburger, juustuburks (slang)
    • Faroese: ostaburgari m
    • Finnish: juustohampurilainen
    • French: cheeseburger (fr) m, hamburger au fromage (fr) m, hambourgeois au fromage (fr) m
    • German: Cheeseburger (de) m
    • Greek: τσίζμπεργκερ (tsízmpergker), τσίσμπεργκερ (tsísmpergker)
    • Hebrew: צ׳יזבורגר‎ m
    • Hungarian: sajtburger (hu)
    • Icelandic: ostborgari
    • Italian: cheeseburger (it) m
    • Japanese: チーズバーガー (chīzubāgā)
    • Korean: 치즈버거 (chijeubeogeo)
    • Marathi: चीजबर्गर m (cījbargar)
    • Norman: bourgaille à fronmage f
    • Persian: چیزبرگر(čizberger)
    • Polish: cheeseburger (pl) m
    • Portuguese: cheeseburguer m, X burguer m
    • Russian: чи́збургер (ru) m (čízburger)
    • Spanish: hamburguesa con queso f
    • Swedish: ostburgare (sv) c, cheeseburgare (sv) c

    Polish[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    • IPA(key): /t͡ʂizˈbur.ɡɛr/
    • Rhymes: -urɡɛr
    • Syllabification: cheese‧bur‧ger

    Noun[edit]

    cheeseburger m inan

    1. cheeseburger (sandwich)

    Declension[edit]

    Declension of cheeseburger

    Further reading[edit]

    • cheeseburger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • cheeseburger in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Romanian[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

    Noun[edit]

    cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgeri)

    1. cheeseburger

    Declension[edit]

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    PRONUNCIATION OF CHEESEBURGER

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    GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEESEBURGER

    Cheeseburger is a noun.

    A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

    WHAT DOES CHEESEBURGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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    Cheeseburger

    A cheeseburger is a hamburger topped with cheese. Traditionally, the slice of cheese is placed on top of the meat patty, but the burger can include many variations in structure, ingredients, and composition. The term itself is a portmanteau of the words «cheese» and «hamburger.» The cheese is usually added to the cooking hamburger patty shortly before the patty is completely cooked which allows the cheese to melt. Cheeseburgers are often served with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, and occasionally bacon. In fast food restaurants, the cheese used is typically processed cheese, but there are variations, such as cheddar, Swiss cheese, mozzarella cheese, blue cheese and pepper jack. When cheese is added to a burger the nutritional value of the burger can be changed substantially. For example, a slice of Cheddar cheese can add 113 calories and 4.5 grams of saturated fat to a burger. Other types and amounts of cheese would have varying effects, depending on their nutritional content.


    Definition of cheeseburger in the English dictionary

    The definition of cheeseburger in the dictionary is a hamburger cooked with a slice of cheese on top of it.

    WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEESEBURGER

    Synonyms and antonyms of cheeseburger in the English dictionary of synonyms

    Translation of «cheeseburger» into 25 languages

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    TRANSLATION OF CHEESEBURGER

    Find out the translation of cheeseburger to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

    The translations of cheeseburger from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cheeseburger» in English.

    Translator English — Chinese


    奶酪汉堡

    1,325 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Spanish


    hamburguesa con queso

    570 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Hindi


    चीज़बर्गर

    380 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Arabic


    تشيز برجر

    280 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Russian


    чизбургер

    278 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Portuguese


    cheesebúrguer

    270 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Bengali


    চীজ বার্গার

    260 millions of speakers

    Translator English — French


    cheeseburger

    220 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Malay


    burger keju

    190 millions of speakers

    Translator English — German


    Cheeseburger

    180 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Japanese


    チーズバーガー

    130 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Korean


    치즈버거

    85 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Javanese


    Cheeseburger

    85 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Vietnamese


    thịt băm có lân phô mai

    80 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Tamil


    சீஸ் பர்கர்

    75 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Marathi


    चीझबर्गर

    75 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Turkish


    cheeseburger

    70 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Italian


    cheeseburger

    65 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Polish


    cheeseburger

    50 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Ukrainian


    чізбургер

    40 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Romanian


    cheeseburger

    30 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Greek


    cheeseburger

    15 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Afrikaans


    cheese

    14 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Swedish


    cheese

    10 millions of speakers

    Translator English — Norwegian


    cheeseburger

    5 millions of speakers

    Trends of use of cheeseburger

    TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEESEBURGER»

    The term «cheeseburger» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.035 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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    FREQUENCY

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    FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEESEBURGER» OVER TIME

    The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cheeseburger» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cheeseburger» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

    Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cheeseburger

    10 QUOTES WITH «CHEESEBURGER»

    Famous quotes and sentences with the word cheeseburger.

    I’m a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture!

    I could still eat a cheeseburger if I wanted to. I just can’t have them every day.

    You don’t have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.

    I can’t be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.

    Before you open the lunch menu or order that cheeseburger or consider eating the cake with the frosting intact, haul out the psychic calculator and start tinkering with the budget.

    I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out.

    Why do we get so angry at ourselves when we eat foods we love? Do you think guys walk around going, ‘I just ate a cheeseburger and I’m so mad at myself?’

    Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.

    Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don’t eat ground beef anymore.

    I went on a Hot Pocket diet where I ate two Hot Pockets every four hours. I only had the pepperoni pizza flavour. I didn’t go anywhere near the cheeseburger macaroni.

    10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEESEBURGER»

    Discover the use of cheeseburger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cheeseburger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

    1

    The Primal Cheeseburger

    Traces the historical, cultural, and culinary origins of the various ingredients of a cheeseburger platter, including hamburger, bun, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, fries, cheese, and Coca Cola

    2

    Mind If I Order the Cheeseburger: And Other Questions People …

    Using humor and reason, Sherry F. Colb takes these questions at face value and also delves deeply into the motivations behind them, coming up with answers that are not only intelligent but insightful about human nature.

    3

    Cheeseburger Subversive

    We have all been there: those sublime and ordinary moments in growing up that create the evolution of change, or as Cheeseburger Subversive’s Dak Sifter would call it, a &quotshifting of gears».

    4

    A Medieval Feast—Cheeseburger Pie Recipe

    Cheeseburger Pie • 1 single prepared pie crust • 1 lb. ground beef • 3/4 cup
    chopped onion • 1 clove garlic, minced • 1/3 cup milk • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/4 cup
    flour • 1/3 cup liquid from a dill pickle jar • 1/2 cup chopped dill pickles • 2 cups …

    Suppose Table 4.2 illustrates the utility derived by a typical customer of the
    Hamburger Stand from consumption of a one-quarter pound cheeseburger
    during a single meal. According to the table, the marginal utility from consuming
    an initial …

    6

    A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, a Curse, and the American Dream

    Klein: «No, I don’t want a cheeseburger. Eggs, couple of eggs. [Nico nods] Eggs. [
    Nico nods] Do you speak English? [Nico nods] Eggs, couple of eggs, over lightly,
    with sausage.» John Belushi, as diner owner Pete Dionasopolis, interrupts: «No, …

    Rick Kogan, Sam Sianis, 2006

    7

    Hamburger America: A State-by-State Guide to 150 Great …

    IS. THERE. REALLY. A. “CHEESEBURGER. IN. PARADISE”? The Goat enjoys a
    beer with Billy Goat Sianis and. Imagine that you are sitting in a beachside bar
    somewhere in the Caribbean or south Florida eating what you consider to be, …

    8

    Professional Cooking, College Version

    California. Cheeseburger. Prepare as in the basic recipe, except place a slice of
    cheddar or American cheese on the hamburger patty 1 minute before it is done.
    Cook untilthe cheese melts.

    9

    Restaurant Calorie Counter For Dummies

    BYB Back Yard American Cheeseburger,1/3 lb 780 48 19 1560 47 3 6 41 BYB
    Back Yard American Cheeseburger, 2/3 lb 1270 88 36 2160 47 3 6 74 BYB Back
    Yard American Cheeseburger,Jr. 630 36 14 1520 47 3 6 31 BYB Back Yard Bleu
     …

    10

    The Calorie Counter For Dummies

    BYB Back Yard American Cheeseburger,1/3 lb 780 48 19 1560 47 3 6 41 BYB
    Back Yard American Cheeseburger,2/3 lb 1270 88 36 2160 47 3 6 74 BYB Back
    Yard American Cheeseburger,Jr. 630 36 14 1520 47 3 6 31 BYB Back Yard Bleu
     …

    Rust, Meri Raffetto, 2009

    10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEESEBURGER»

    Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cheeseburger is used in the context of the following news items.

    Assault, harmony and a cheeseburger in Lovell, Maine

    On June 21, I walked into Rosie’s lunch counter in Lovell, Maine (population 1,140), for a burger to go. The waitress had just taken my order … «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»

    NJ’s best burger: The 10 finalists revealed (VOTE FOR YOUR …

    Bacon cheeseburger, Krug’s Tavern, 118 Wilson Ave., Newark. Baked Brie Burger, The Committed Pig, 28 W. Park Place, Morristown. «NJ.com, Jul 15»

    One jaw-droppingly calorific pizza

    The cheeseburger crust pizza, which features eight mini-cheeseburgers built into its crust, is the latest offering from the popular nationwide … «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

    Cheeseburger Babies Foundation presents Lincoln Drive 4UR …

    The Cheeseburger Babies Foundation presents the Lincoln Drive 4UR Community and BBQ Feast 2015 on Saturday, July 11 at Red Onion … «MLT News, Jul 15»

    It wouldn’t be the 4th without a cheeseburger

    The great American Fourth of July cookout is this weekend and I have been reading for several weeks about how to make the best hamburger. «Andalusia Star-News, Jul 15»

    At the Happiest Hour, a Cheeseburger Does a Star Turn

    When I first heard about the burger at the Happiest Hour, a cocktail bar in Greenwich Village where the décor is heavy on the palm fronds and … «New York Times, Jul 15»

    McDonald’s cheeseburger crust pizza exists

    But, while we wait for those two fast food giants to get into bed together, food blogger Oh, Bite It! has created a rustic DIY version. It’s pretty … «Metro, Jul 15»

    Military treated to free cheeseburger for holiday weekend

    There is a limit of one cheeseburger per check and per visit. No other purchase is required to redeem the offer. Restaurants open at 11 a.m. … «TBO.com, Jul 15»

    Idaho Woman Accused of Hiding Heroin Under Cheeseburger

    POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Police in the north Idaho community of Post Falls say they arrested a woman who tried to hide heroin under a … «News Radio 1310 KLIX, Jul 15»

    Fatburger Shutters, Stupak’s Cheeseburger Tacos, Grass-Fed …

    And finally, Alex Stupak is now serving cheeseburger tacos at Empellon Cocina. They are available at the bar only, and while it might seem … «Eater NY, Jun 15»

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    чизбургер

    существительное

    - чизбургер

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    a cheeseburger and a chocolate malt — чизбургер и солодовый молочный коктейль с шоколадом  

    Примеры с переводом

    I’d like a cheeseburger, please.

    Мне, пожалуйста, чизбургер.

    Формы слова

    noun
    ед. ч.(singular): cheeseburger
    мн. ч.(plural): cheeseburgers

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