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• past participle of burn.
• past tense form 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

The smell of burnt wood combining with grapes for smoky wine would not necessarily make it unfit for consumption, but it would likely compromise sales, he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Baek's home burnt down in a recent blaze, evicting him to a life in temporary shelter.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

"Indigenous people always knew that, so we burnt continuously all the time. That way there was no fuel for big fires."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Left behind is a charred out refrigerator, bed frames, a worn out and graffiti-covered couch, piles of left-behind clothes and the burnt debris of the home that once stood there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

His eyes were as dull and gray as cinders, burnt out.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros