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BURNT

(adj.sat, verb, adj.)

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There are 30 meanings of the word Burnt.

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Burnt - as an adjective satellite

Ruined by overcooking

Example: "She served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
burned

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

Example: "Burnt sienna"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
burned

Destroyed or badly damaged by fire

Example: "A row of burned houses"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
burnedburned-outburned-overburnt-out

Burnt - as a verb

To cause to be consumed by fire.

Example: "He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."

To be consumed by fire, or in flames.

Example: "He watched the house burn."

To overheat so as to make unusable.

Example: "He burned the toast. the blacksmith burned the steel."

To become overheated to the point of being unusable.

Example: "The grill was too hot and the steak burned."

To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

Example: "To burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block"

To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.

Example: "She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years."

To cauterize.

To sunburn.

Example: "She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned."

To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.

Example: "To burn the mouth with pepper"

To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

Example: "The child's forehead was burning with fever.  her cheeks burned with shame."

To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

Example: "A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration.  to burn iron in oxygen"

To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.

Example: "Copper burns in chlorine."

To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a rom chip.

Example: "We’ll burn this program onto an eeprom one hour before the demo begins."

To betray.

Example: "The informant burned him."

To insult or defeat.

Example: "I just burned you again."

To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

Example: "The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year."

In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

Example: "You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!"

To accidentally touch a moving stone.

In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.

To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).

(of an element) to be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star

To discard.

To shoot someone with a firearm.

Burnt - as an adjective

Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

(of food) carbonised.

Example: "The toast was too burnt to eat."

(of a person) having a sunburn.

(of a colour) being darker than standard, especially browner.

Example Sentences

"I accidentally left the toast in the toaster too long and it became burnt."
"The burnt smell of the wood filled the air after the fire."
"The chef served a plate of burnt vegetables."
"She couldn't eat the burnt cookies her brother made."
"The careless smoker dropped a burnt cigarette butt on the pavement."
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Word Game Points

Is BURNT a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, burnt is valid for both Scrabble US and EU
US/CA Valid UK/EU Valid

BURNT has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.

Is BURNT a valid Words With Friends word?
Yes, burnt is valid for Words With Friends
Valid Word
BURNT has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 10.

Is BURNT a valid WordFeud word?
Yes, burnt is valid for WordFeud
Valid Word
BURNT has a WORDFEUD points total of 9.

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