BURNT
What does "BURNT" mean?
Damaged, charred, or destroyed by fire or heat.
Meanings
- Affected, scorched, or destroyed by burning. He scraped the burnt toast over the sink and started again.
- Of a colour, deepened or darkened as if by heat, as in 'burnt orange' or 'burnt sienna'. The autumn hills had turned a burnt umber.
- Past tense and past participle of 'burn' (chiefly British). She burnt the letters before anyone could read them.
Did you know?
- The artist's colour 'burnt sienna' is literally burnt: raw sienna earth is roasted until its yellowish iron compound turns into reddish iron oxide, deepening the hue.
Word origin
Past participle of 'burn', from Old English 'bærnan' / 'beornan'; 'burnt' is the older spelling, now mostly British, while American English prefers 'burned'.
Remember it
BURNT keeps the T that BURNED drops - the British T survived the fire.
A little poem
Black edge on the toast-
I scrape it into the bin
and call it espresso.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my therapist I felt burnt out. She said I was just toast at the end of a long roast.
What it teaches
Heat both ruins and refines - the same fire that wrecks the toast deepens the pigment.
Quick facts
What does BURNT mean?
Damaged, charred, or destroyed by fire or heat.
Is BURNT a valid word?
Yes — BURNT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BURNT?
BURNT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BURNT come from?
Past participle of 'burn', from Old English 'bærnan' / 'beornan'; 'burnt' is the older spelling, now mostly British, while American English prefers 'burned'.
What can BURNT teach us?
Heat both ruins and refines - the same fire that wrecks the toast deepens the pigment.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.