Burnt is a past tense and past participle of burn.
burnt in British English
(bɜːnt)
verb
1. a past tense and past participle of burn1
adjective
2.
affected by or as if by burning; charred
3.
(of various pigments, such as ochre and orange) calcined, with a resultant darkening of colour
burnt in American English
(bɜrnt)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. alt. pt. & pp. of
burn1
adjective
2.
that has been burned
Examples of 'burnt' in a sentence
burnt
Key colours are brown and grey with splashes of burnt orange.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For a less conventional colour scheme, she suggests focusing on subtle autumn hues such as plum or burnt orange, with flecks of gold.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
YOU would have to eat 320 slices of burnt toast a day to make any significant increase to your cancer risk, an expert claims.
The Sun (2017)
We were visiting homes and hospitals to see football fans who had been badly burnt.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You do not want a burnt offering.
Christianity Today (2000)
The figures burnt bright green on the thermal footage that was beamed to the advancing forces.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
What does a farmer with burnt fingers do?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One of his simplest recipes is for burnt oranges with a sugar and rosemary crust.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To us it smells like burnt chilli and it is slightly unusual.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This was not the first time publishers had had their fingers burnt.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The wind carried the sickly smell of burnt flesh and the chemical smell of the fires.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Nor is there any point in throwing serious money at this kind of burnt offering.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Burnt toast has a bitter taste and a preference for such a flavour has been linked to being judgmental.
The Sun (2016)
Firefighters found the burnt body of a third woman when they were called to an apartment building ten miles to the south.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One piece of toast that I burnt.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There was a pervasive smell in the gallery, of wood polish, burnt toast and lingering coffee fumes.
John Cornwell Seminary Boy (2006)
Once a week my friends and I would strip off layers of burnt skin and weigh them to see who shed the most.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All related terms of 'burnt'
burn
If there is a fire or a flame somewhere , you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
first-degree burn
to undergo or cause to undergo combustion
outburn
to burn longer than or brighter than
overburn
to copy (information, music, etc) onto a CD over previously recorded data
second-degree burn
to undergo or cause to undergo combustion
third-degree burn
to undergo or cause to undergo combustion
burnt-out
Burnt-out vehicles or buildings have been so badly damaged by fire that they can no longer be used.
burnt lime
calcium oxide ; quicklime
burnt shale
carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip : sometimes used in road making
burnt sugar
caramel
burnt umber
a brown pigment obtained by heating umber
burnt almond
a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
burnt orange
of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
burnt sienna
a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
burnt offering
a sacrificial offering burnt , usually on an altar , to honour , propitiate , or supplicate a deity
burnt sacrifice
a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar , to honour, propitiate , or supplicate a deity
burn in
to darken (areas on a photographic print) by exposing them to light while masking other regions
burn-up
If something burns up or if fire burns it up , it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
burnt-tip orchid
a small orchid , Orchis ustulata , resembling the lady orchid, having dark reddish-brown hoods that give a burnt look to the tip of the flower spike
burn down
If a building burns down or if someone burns it down , it is completely destroyed by fire .
burn off
If someone burns off energy , they use it.
burn out
If a fire burns itself out , it stops burning because there is nothing left to burn .
be burnt to a crisp
If something is burnt to a crisp , it is completely burnt.
calcium oxide
a white crystalline base used in the production of calcium hydroxide and bleaching powder and in the manufacture of glass, paper, and steel . Formula: CaO