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• past tense form of burn.
• past participle of burn.

burnt

American  

[burnt] / bɜrnt /

verb

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

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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 British  

/ bɜːnt /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of burn 1

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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 Word Forms

• unburnt
  adjective
• well-burnt
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of burnt

First recorded in 1350–1400, for the adjective

Example Sentences

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burnt

“They say that it’s impossible to live a happy life when all you see is burnt houses and catastrophes, especially when you walk through the streets with your kids.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Having come face to face with its most brutal consequences, Cassie’s rose-colored glasses have been removed, stomped on, ground to a pulp and had their remains burnt to ash.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

They were clad in the university’s signature burnt orange.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

According to the Nusantara Atlas fire tracker, more than 285,000 hectares have burnt in Indonesia so far this year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

There was a stink, kind of like burnt toast, though nowhere near sweaty-armpit territory.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas