burned
- adjective
- /bɜrnd/
- After the intense heat, the wooden furniture was left burned and charred.
It smells like death, like burnt death rubber.
- It smells like death, like burnt death rubber.
- We have our rusty, dusty, burnt up check valves.
Examples
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The burned remains of the house stood as a sad reminder of the wildfire.
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She looks slightly burnt on the bottoms, but it's OK.
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This is just like a burnt brick red color.
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Like it's just that burnt, deep, rich gold that is gorgeous.
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It tastes like burnt sugar dough on shrimp.
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I'm using this burnt ochre Prismacolor right now.
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It's cream with this heart that's half burnt orange and half like a mauve pink.
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The child's arm was badly burned in the fire, requiring medical attention.
Synonyms
Badly damaged or destroyed by fire
Slightly burned on the surface but not destroyed
Burned and dried by strong heat such as fire or hot sun
An area badly damaged by fire
Cooked quickly at very high heat to make a brown crust, like on steak
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Material made by heating limestone until it stops reacting and does not bind well
- Specialized
A type of lime heated too much so it does not react with water or make strong mortar
How Burned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Burned comes from the old English verb burn, which meant 'to be on fire' or 'to set on fire'. So burned describes something 'damaged or destroyed by fire', and that is exactly why we use it for things harmed by flames.