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

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

Other Words From

• un·burnt adjective
• well-burnt adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of burnt¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, for the adjective

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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