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-burger

a combining form extracted from hamburger, occurring in compounds the initial element of which denotes a special garnish for a hamburger or a substitute ingredient for the meat patty: baconburger; cheeseburger; fishburger.

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Nearby words

-bodied, -bound, -branch, -browed, -bulia, -burger, -cade, -caine, -cam, -cardia, -cardium
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