| Main Entry: |
frankfurter |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
cylindrical meat sausage |
Synonyms: |
Coney Island, bowwow,
dog*, footlong,
frank, hot dog,
link, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst
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| Notes: |
a frankfurter is a smoked sausage, hot dog describes a frankfurter served in a bun or roll, and wiener is actually 'wienerwurst' or Vienna sausage and later became a synonym for frankfurter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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