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burned

burned

14 1.0
Food that is overcooked and often tastes bitter
  • adjective
  • /bɜrnd/
: quemado
  • The toast was burned, making it less enjoyable to eat.

He burns onions and then just flavors the pasta with burnt onions and butter.

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Examples

  • It tastes a little burnt, you know, like toasted.

  • It's like real soggy and then kind of a burnt taste on the outside.

  • It's almost like a burnt, burnt ready brown nude.

  • I see, Like, just burnt kale.

  • Like, I cook it until it's burnt because that's how I live the life.

  • After leaving the pizza in the oven too long, it had a burned flavor.

  • She accidentally cooked the vegetables until they were burned and bitter.

Synonyms

blackened
vsburned
20 3.4

Made dark by smoke, fire, or heat

adds a bitter taste and represents real spoilage, not only dark color
scorched
vsburned
18 4.6

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

is spoilage from overcooking that often turns food black and bitter
seared
vsburned
17 4.2

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

is spoilage from overcooking that goes beyond just surface browning
singed
vsburned
5 3.7

Slightly burned on the surface but not destroyed

is more severe spoilage that often turns food black and tastes bitter
overdone
vsburned
3 2.9

Cooked too long so it is dry and tough

is more severe spoilage that often chars food and tastes bitter
burny
vsburned
  • US
9.4

Having a strong taste or smell like food cooked too long

is real spoilage that often makes food black and taste bitter

Antonyms

Food that is prepared exactly right has the best taste and texture

2 3.8

Food that is not cooked enough and is still raw inside

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 Burnt

blackened
20 3.4
burned
14 1.0
cooked
131 1.0
underdone
2 3.8

Surface Forms

burned positive
burnt positive

Morphology

burned = burn (transparent) = burn + ed

Typical past-participle/adjectival formation indicating the result of overcooking or charring.

Etymology

Burned comes from the old English verb burn, which meant 'to be on fire' or 'to be cooked too long by heat'. So when food is burned it is 'overcooked or charred', because it has been left too close to the heat.