burnt
/bə:nt/
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The baker accidentally left the biscuits in the oven too long, and they are burnt.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Damaged or altered by fire or intense heat: Describes something that has been affected by burning, often resulting in charring, blackening, or destruction.
- Treated with heat: Refers to a material, especially clay or pigment, that has been subjected to high temperatures in a controlled process.
- Overcooked to the point of being charred or blackened: Used to describe food that has been cooked for too long or at too high a temperature.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The firefighters sifted through the burnt remains of the building.
- The artist preferred the rich, reddish-brown color of burnt sienna.
- I can't eat this toast; it's completely burnt.
Advanced Usage
"Burnt" vs. "Burned": In many contexts, especially as a verb form, "burned" is standard. However, "burnt" is common as an adjective, particularly in British English, and in certain fixed expressions.
- The logs were burnt to ash. (Adjective describing the logs' state)
- He burned the logs. (Verb describing the action)
"Burnt-out": Completely exhausted, depleted of energy or resources, or destroyed by fire.
- After working 80-hour weeks for a year, she felt completely burnt-out.
- They surveyed the burnt-out shell of the factory.
Variants and Related Words
- Burn (verb): To be consumed or destroyed by fire; to injure or damage by heat or a similar agent.
- Burned (adjective/verb): An alternative form, often used interchangeably with "burnt," especially in American English.
- Burning (adjective/gerund): On fire; very hot; intense.
Synonyms
- Charred: Blackened by fire; partially burned.
- Scorched: Slightly burned or discolored by heat.
- Singed: Burned superficially.
- Overdone: Cooked too much.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A burnt offering: Originally a religious sacrifice burned on an altar; now sometimes used humorously for badly cooked food.
- Burnt to a crisp: Completely charred or overcooked.
- I left the chicken in the oven too long, and now it's burnt to a crisp.
- To get one's fingers burnt / To get burnt: To suffer unpleasant consequences, especially financial losses, from an action.
- He got his fingers burnt investing in that risky startup.
The baker accidentally left the biscuits in the oven too long, and they are burnt.
Adjective
- 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
- treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
- burnt sienna
- ruined by overcooking
- she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits