burnt

[ burnt ]

/ bɜrnt /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of burn¹.

adjective

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of or showing earth pigments that have been calcined and changed to a deeper and warmer color: burnt ocher.
of or showing colors having a deeper or grayer hue than is usually associated with them: burnt orange; burnt rose.

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OTHER WORDS FROM burnt

un·burnt, adjectivewell-burnt, adjective

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How to use burnt in a sentence

For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.
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I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.
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What does the preciousness of our white flesh represent in contrast to burnt brown bodies created by our bombs?
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His complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.
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Omran, who was 17 at the time, was completely bald, weak, and as frail as a burnt match.
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He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The Dutch fleet attacked Burnt island, in Scotland, but were repulsed.
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That night one of them endeavored to storm the magazine, burnt and plundered the station, and marched off towards Delhi.
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They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Later on he became intensely critical of his own work, and finally bought up all the copies he could lay hands on and burnt them!
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British Dictionary definitions for burnt

burnt

/ (bɜːnt) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of burn 1

adjective

affected by or as if by burning; charred

(of various pigments, such as ochre and orange) calcined, with a resultant darkening of colour

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