1. damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire or heat
2. having a dark brown or black color from being cooked too long

1. past tense and past participle of burn
Usage: chiefly British

Examples

• The burnt toast was too charred to eat.
• She applied cream to her burnt skin after the sunburn.
• The burnt smell lingered in the kitchen for hours.
• He threw away the burnt cookies and started over.
• The forest showed signs of burnt trees from the wildfire.
• The burnt orange sunset was beautiful to watch.
• They had burnt the dinner while talking on the phone.