Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burn to a crisp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
burn -to a crisp
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To burn (usually food) very severely.

Inflected Forms

burns to a crisp (present, singular) burning to a crisp (participle, present) burnt to a crisp (participle, past) burnt to a crisp (past) burned to a crisp (participle, past) burned to a crisp (past)

Questions

What does burn to a crisp mean?
To burn (usually food) very severely.

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