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burnt

[ burnt ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of burn 1.


adjective

  1. Fine Arts.
    1. of or showing earth pigments that have been calcined and changed to a deeper and warmer color:

      burnt ocher.

    2. of or showing colors having a deeper or grayer hue than is usually associated with them:

      burnt orange; burnt rose.

burnt

/ bɜːnt /

verb

  1. a past tense and past participle of burn 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. affected by or as if by burning; charred
  2. (of various pigments, such as ochre and orange) calcined, with a resultant darkening of colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • un·burnt adjective
  • well-burnt adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burnt1

First recorded in 1350–1400, for the adjective
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Example Sentences

For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.

I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.

What does the preciousness of our white flesh represent in contrast to burnt brown bodies created by our bombs?

His complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.

Omran, who was 17 at the time, was completely bald, weak, and as frail as a burnt match.

He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.

The Dutch fleet attacked Burnt island, in Scotland, but were repulsed.

That night one of them endeavored to storm the magazine, burnt and plundered the station, and marched off towards Delhi.

They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.

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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