Definition
burnt
adjective
- damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire or heat
- having a dark brown or black color from being cooked too long
verb
- past tense and past participle of burn
Usage: chiefly British
Examples
- The burnt toast was too charred to eat.
- She applied cream to her burnt skin after the sunburn.
- The burnt smell lingered in the kitchen for hours.
- He threw away the burnt cookies and started over.
- The forest showed signs of burnt trees from the wildfire.
- The burnt orange sunset was beautiful to watch.
- They had burnt the dinner while talking on the phone.