D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

frankfurter

/frăng'-kfẽrt-ẽr/ · frank·fur·ter · IPA /frˈæŋkfərtər/
01 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, …
  1. 1.
    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. Also: frankforter, frankfort, frankfurt
Syn. wiener, hot dog{1}.