Burnt
//bɜːnt//
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The word "burnt" can be used as adjective, adjective, verb and noun.
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Burnt Bridge Burnt Oak Burnt Pine Burnt Yards Burnt Yates a burnt child dreads the fire better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick burnt cream burnt ear burnt ends burnt knight burnt offering burnt orange burnt out burnt sienna burnt toast theory burnt umber burnt-tailed barb burntness inburnt mowburnt over-burnt overburnt sunburnt the burnt child dreads the fire the burnt child fears the fire unburnt windburnt
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