burnt

Damaged or hurt by fire or strong heat.

• The fire left burnt wood everywhere.
• He put cold water on his burnt hand.
• They replaced the burnt roof after the fire.

Similar words: scorched, singed

Common phrases: burnt wood, burnt skin, badly burnt

Blackened by too much heat, especially food cooked for too long.

• The toast is burnt.
• A burnt smell came from the kitchen.
• She scraped the burnt rice from the pan.

Similar words: charred, blackened

Common phrases: burnt toast, burnt food, burnt smell

Having skin that is red and painful from too much sun.

• My shoulders are burnt from the sun.
• Her burnt nose hurt when she touched it.
• He returned from the beach with burnt arms.

Similar words: sunburnt, sunburned

Common phrases: burnt shoulders, sun burnt skin, badly burnt

Describing a darker, usually browner, form of a colour.

• She wore a burnt orange scarf.
• The artist mixed burnt sienna with white.
• We painted the wall a warm burnt umber.

Common phrases: burnt orange, burnt sienna, burnt umber

Black material left when something has been partly burned.

• A layer of burnt covered the wood.
• They scraped the burnt from the surface.
• The sample contained ash and burnt.

Similar words: char

Common phrases: layer of burnt, scrape off burnt