"third-pounder" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: third pounder [alternative], thirdpounder [alternative]
Etymology: third + pound + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|third|pound|-er}} third + pound + -er Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} third-pounder (not comparable)
  1. Having the weight of 1/3 of a pound Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: third-pound Related terms: full-pound, full-pounder, half-pound, half-pounder, pound, pounder, quarter-pound, quarter-pounder, third
    Sense id: en-third-pounder-en-adj-IzThsf0V

Noun

Forms: third-pounders [plural], third pounder [alternative], thirdpounder [alternative]
Etymology: third + pound + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|third|pound|-er}} third + pound + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} third-pounder (plural third-pounders)
  1. (cooking) A beef hamburger sandwich, whose patty weighed 1/3 of a lb (pound) before cooking. Translations (burger sandwich): tiers de livre (French)
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  2. (by extension) Any such burger with a replacement for the beef, with an alternative. Tags: broadly
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  3. (by extension) The burger patty itself. Tags: broadly
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  4. (by extension) An item similar to a burger patty of that uncooked weight, such as a meatball. Tags: broadly
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  5. A sandwich weighing 1/3 of a pound, at time of serving.
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  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, pounder.
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