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burned

burned

2.1
A material that people heat to a high temperature to change its color or texture
  • adjective
  • /bɜrnd/
  • Specialized
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  • One of my favorite books is The Prophet by Khalil Jarran and he said the self same cup that holds your wine was was burned in the Potter's oven.

I have orangey Reds and I have orange and I have brown Reds, but I don't have a mixture of all of them where it's like a nice burnt terracotta color.

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Examples

  • So what I've got here is some watered down raw umber and some burnt Sienna, two of my favorite weathering colors.

  • The clay was burned at a high temperature to enhance its durability.

  • So I was like, the ladies make some rice, but it really is just burned so bad.

  • And I clearly need a new burnt umber.

  • We're going to go in with Infatuation, which is this orangey, like burnt orange color.

  • I have orangey Reds and I have orange and I have brown Reds, but I don't have a mixture of all of them where it's like a nice burnt terracotta color.

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  • The skin tones I did the darkest skin tones I did with Windsor Newton burnt Umber and Ivory Black Gouache.

  • The artist preferred using burned sienna to create warmth in her paintings.

  • He mixed various shades of burned umber to achieve the perfect color for his project.

Synonyms

scorched
vsburned
1 4.6

Burned and dried by strong heat such as fire or hot sun

means heating a material carefully at high temperature without causing damage
seared
vsburned
4.2

Cooked quickly at very high heat to make a brown crust, like on steak

refers to heating a material to high temperature without reaching melting point

Antonyms

raw
353 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

uncooked
8 1.0

Food that is raw and not heated before eating

Compounds

dead-burned lime
  • Specialized
9.8

Material made by heating limestone until it stops reacting and does not bind well

over-burned lime
  • Specialized
8.7

A type of lime heated too much so it does not react with water or make strong mortar

How Heated

burned
  • Specialized
2.1
heated
1.0
warmed
1.0
unheated
4 2.8

Surface Forms

burned positive
burnt positive

Morphology

burned = burn (transparent) = burn + ed

Regular adjectival use of the past-participle form indicating treatment by heat.

Etymology

Burned comes from the old English verb burn, which also meant 'to heat something with fire'. That's why burned can mean 'treated with strong heat' to change color or texture, as when clay or pigments are heated in a kiln.