[
US
/ˈbɝnt/
]
[ UK /bˈɜːnt/ ]
[ UK /bˈɜːnt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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destroyed or badly damaged by fire
a charred bit of burnt wood
a row of burned houses
barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
a burned-over site in the forest -
ruined by overcooking
she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits -
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
burnt sienna
How To Use burnt In A Sentence
- So he entered and going up to the candles which burnt in the tent snuffed them and sprinkled levigated henbane on the wicks; after which he withdrew and waited without the marquee, till the smoke of the burning henbane reached The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- At the Bradford football stadium disaster on 11 May 1985, 56 fans were killed when a stand burnt down.
- The common basis of all gumbos is the roux, a roughly equal combination of flour and fat cooked until very nearly burnt; it is the dark smoky roux that gives the gumbo its colour and flavour.
- We were visiting homes and hospitals to see football fans who had been badly burnt. Times, Sunday Times
- There was a patch of raw skin on my back where the sun had burnt it.
- A slender man with burnt honey skin and almond eyes grinned and gave Tala a welcoming bow.
- Unlike much of the valley, the shrubs and trees closer to the building were unburnt. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
- These conditions are challenging - retaining acidity and preventing sunburnt fruit are two of the main problems - but the abundance of very young vines is still a huge factor limiting the overall quality.
- He put his hand into the pocket of his coat and pulled out a bubbly, burnt lump of clinker rock. SMOKE AND MIRRORS
- The wind carried the sickly smell of burnt flesh and the chemical smell of the fires. Times, Sunday Times
