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A boxed, one-pot meal product consisting of dried pasta, rice, or potatoes and a packet of powdered seasonings; to prepare it, home cooks combine the dry ingredients with browned ground beef ("hamburger") and water or milk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Any quick, one-pan meal made by combining ground beef, a starch (like pasta or rice), and a seasoned sauce; applies to generic store-brand versions or recipes made completely from scratch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Anything that extends, enhances, or bulks up a limited resource.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Hamburger Helper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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History
hamburger + helper; a genericized trademark; introduced nationally by General Mills' Betty Crocker brand in 1971.
