Definitions for hamburgs

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hamburgs Ham·burg

Spelling: [ham-burg; for 1, 2 also German hahm-b

IPA: /ˈhæm bɜrg; for 1, 2 also German ˈhɑm bʊərk/

Hamburgs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 294 anagrams from letters in hamburgs (abghmrsu).

Definitions for hamburgs

noun

1. a state in N Germany. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
2. a city in and the capital of this state, on the Elbe River: the largest seaport in continental Europe.
3. a town in W New York.
4. a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
5. ground or chopped beef.
6. Also called Hamburg steak. a patty of ground or chopped beef, seasoned and fried or broiled.

Origin of hamburgs

1885-90; short for Hamburger steak; see -er¹

Examples for hamburgs

In July 1943 the full horror of total war was visited on the German city of Hamburg.

Outposts budded in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Geneva, and various other burgs, including, yes, Amsterdam.

The last two Hamburg gigs, in November and December of 1962, involved another 90 hours of performing.

A guess may be hazarded that he obtained them through his old friend Telemann at Hamburg.

Handel may well have been glad to leave Hamburg, but Hamburg did not forget him.

It was Mattheson, by his own account, who introduced Handel to the musical life of Hamburg.

Our present Minister at Hamburg (Bourrienne) is far from being so nice.

I am by birth a Russian, but my childhood and youth were passed at Hamburg.

John Lennon once said, “I might have been born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg.”

The Indra Musik Club, site of the first Beatles gig in Hamburg, still hosts live music.