hamburger menu

[ ham-bur-ger men-yoo ]

/ ˈhæmˌbɜr gər ˌmɛn yu /

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noun

Digital Technology. an icon or graphic consisting of a stack of three short horizontal lines, which reveals a list of options when tapped or clicked on:To run your routine, open the Home app on your phone, tap the hamburger menu, and select Home Control.

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Also called ham·burg·er i·con

[ham-bur-ger ahy-kon], /ˈhæmˌbɜr gər ˌaɪ kɒn/, ham·burg·er but·ton

[ham-bur-ger buht-n] /ˈhæmˌbɜr gər ˌbʌt n/ .

Compare kebab menu.

Origin of hamburger menu

First recorded in 2010–15; from the supposed resemblance to a stack of three hamburger patties

Words nearby hamburger menu

hambo, hambone, Hamborn, Hamburg, hamburger, hamburger menu, Hamden, hame, Hameln, Hamer, Hamersley Range

How to use hamburger menu in a sentence

The head banquet man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City started serving the concoction as a menu staple in 1938.
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Still, when I saw the menu of latkes the different vendors offered, I was a bit taken aback.
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After the show, Executive Chef Michael Franey explained the process by which the theater selects its menu.
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A wine list and a short bar menu sitting on each table seemed tangible enough.
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By the time Prohibition was on the menu, we were very much an “alcoholic Republic.”
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The menu was long, elaborate and imposing; equalled only by the toast list, which contained no less than sixteen separate toasts.
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The room was full of healthy-looking workmen, tidily dressed and busily doing honour to the porridge and other items on the menu.
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This, which Napier described as "the ordinary food of the Portuguese," is the backbone of the worker's menu.
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The menu at the principal hotel, where I dined, would (if it had been printed) have consisted of one item—horseflesh.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
Aunt Zélie contributed menu cards, each with a flower and a quotation on it.
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