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burnt.

Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/bɜːnt/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/bɝnt/Canada, General-American/bɔːnt/Northumbria
  1. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

  2. Carbonised.

    The toast was too burnt to eat.
  3. Having a sunburn.

  4. Being darker than standard, especially browner.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.

noun/bɜːnt/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/bɝnt/Canada, General-American/bɔːnt/Northumbria
  1. Char.

    informal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.

verb/bɜːnt/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/bɝnt/Canada, General-American/bɔːnt/Northumbria
  1. simple past and past participle of burn

    Commonwealth · UK · form-of · participle · past
    I burnt the toast.
    The house burnt down.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.

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