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Meaning of 'burnt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Burnt
- of Burn
2 . Burnt [ p. p. & a.]
- Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

Meaning of 'burnt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . burnt [ s]
Meaning (1):
- destroyed or badly damaged by fire
Example in sentence:
  • a burned-over site in the forest;
  • a charred bit of burnt wood;
  • a row of burned houses;
  • barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
Meaning (2):
- treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
Example in sentence:
  • burnt sienna
Meaning (3):
- ruined by overcooking
Example in sentence:
  • she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits

Nearby Words:

bur bur fish bur marigold burbolt burbot burdelais burden burdened burdener burdening

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