dictionary definitions for "frankfurter"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  frankfurter
      n : a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually
          smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: frank,
          hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst,
          weenie]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  frankfurter \frank"fur*ter\
     A small cooked sausage of beef or beef and pork, usually 5 to
     6 inches, sometimes as long as 12 inches in length; called
     also frankforter, frankfort, frankfurt. It is commonly
     eaten on a roll, called a hot dog bun.
  
     Syn: wiener, hot dog[1].
          [PJC]


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