burnt

[US]/bɜːnt/
[UK]/bɝnt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. damaged or injured by burning; scorched or burnt (especially in relation to a business venture) without foresight leading to loss.

Phrases & Collocations

burnt offering

burnt out

Example Sentences

designs are burnt into the skin.

The city was burnt to a desolate waste.

a skin graft on the burnt leg

The house was burnt down to ashes.

a childhood incident that was burnt into her memory.

burnt shoulders and peeling noses.

a burnt-out high-school case.

The street lights burnt all night.

The fire burnt the grass quickly.

The house burnt years ago.

The exhaust valve on my car has burnt out.

it can be burnt without giving off toxic fumes.

an English force burnt the village and ransomed the inhabitants.

the red-hot handle burnt his hand.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

He burnt all his papers.

All the police had to go on was a half-burnt Christmas card.

She was burnt in a raging fire while working in a factory.

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