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Also Inflected form of burn

burnt

UK/bɔːnt/ US/bɜːnt/ common informal uk

adjective

1.

ruined by overcooking

  • “she served us underdone bacon and burnt buscuits”
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2.

having undergone oxidation

  • “burned powder”
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3.

treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point

  • “burnt sienna”
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4.

hardened by subjecting to intense heat

  • “baked bricks”
  • “burned bricks”
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5.

destroyed or badly damaged by fire

  • “a row of burned houses”
  • “a charred bit of burnt wood”
  • “a burned-over site in the forest”
  • “barricaded the street with burnt-out cars”

Origin

Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.

Phrases

  • a burnt child dreads the fire
  • better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick
  • Burnt Bridge
  • burnt cream
  • burnt ear
  • burnt ends
  • burnt knight
  • burnt lime

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