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Burnt has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of burn

"The old wooden fence was completely burnt during last night's storm."

In plain English: To burn something means to cook it by applying heat until it turns black and tastes bad.

"The toast burnt because I left it in too long."

Adjective
1

ruined by overcooking

"she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"

2

treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point

"burnt sienna"

3

destroyed or badly damaged by fire

"a row of burned houses"

"a charred bit of burnt wood"

"a burned-over site in the forest"

"barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"

4

Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

"The firefighter rushed to save the cat trapped in the burnt house after the kitchen caught fire."

In plain English: Burnt means something has been cooked by fire until it is black and tastes bad.

"The burnt toast had a bitter taste that was hard to swallow."

Example Sentences
"The burnt toast had a bitter taste that was hard to swallow." adj
"The toast burnt because I left it in too long." verb
"The wood was burnt by the intense fire last night." verb
"She accidentally burnt her fingers on the hot stove." verb
"We must be careful not to burn our skin in the sun." verb
Related Terms

Origin

Burnt comes from the word burn with the addition of the suffix -t. This form indicates that something has been subjected to the action of burning.

Rhyming Words
arnt earnt harnt bornt turnt learnt inburnt unburnt unlearnt sunburnt windburnt be sunburnt get sunburnt
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