BURNT Definition & Meaning

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burnt

[burnt]

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of burn.

adjective

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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

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verb

a past tense and past participle of burn 1

adjective

affected by or as if by burning; charred
(of various pigments, such as ochre and orange) calcined, with a resultant darkening of colour

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unburnt adjective
well-burnt adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of burnt¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, for the adjective

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His clothes were partially burnt and Mr Sandhu first helped him.

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Pictures show a burnt bed frame lying in the street.

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The el-Koma Emergency Room, a group of local volunteer responders, posted a video of a burnt out truck, loaded with sacks of supplies, on Facebook.

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“Every house that touches our property, except for one, burnt to the ground,” he says.

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Alison, who has been a primary school teacher for 13 years and is an EIS representative, says she almost burnt out completely at the start of her career.

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Burnsville burnt almond

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