burnt

CEFRB1

/bɜːnt/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Damaged or changed by fire or too much heat.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

Examples

  • You burnt a hole in my coat with your cigarette.

  • The fish is burnt black.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Having a sunburn.

  2. Being darker than standard, especially browner.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of burn

More examples

In context

  • The toast was too burnt to eat.

  • I burnt the toast.

  • The house burnt down.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The toast was completely blank and tasted bitter.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.