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Definition of Burnt
1. Adjective. Ruined by overcooking. "She served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"
2. Adjective. Treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point. "Burnt sienna"
3. Adjective. Destroyed or badly damaged by fire. "Barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
Definition of Burnt
1. p. p. & a. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
Definition of Burnt
1. burn [v] - See also: burn
Medical Definition of Burnt
1. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Synonym: burnt sacrifice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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