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• burnt offering — n. an animal, food, etc. burned at an altar as an offering or sacrifice to a god …   English World dictionary

• Burnt mound — A burnt mound is a mound of shattered stones and charcoal, normally with an adjacent hearth and trough. The trough could be rock cut, wood lined or clay lined to ensure it was watertight. Radiocarbon dates vary quite widely, the earliest being… …   Wikipedia

• Burnt Offerings (film) — Infobox Film name = Burnt Offerings image size = 200px caption = Promotional poster for Burnt Offerings director = Dan Curtis producer = Dan Curtis Robert Singer writer = Novel: Robert Marasco Screenplay: Dan Curtis William F. Nolan starring =… …   Wikipedia

• burnt — burnt1 [bə:nt US bə:rnt] v especially BrE the past tense and past participle of ↑burn burnt 2 burnt2 S3 adj 1.) damaged or hurt by burning ▪ burnt toast 2.) burnt offering a) something that is offered as a gift to a god by bei …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• burnt offering — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms burnt offering : singular burnt offering plural burnt offerings 1) something that is burnt on an altar and offered to God 2) humorous food that someone has burnt by mistake …   English dictionary

• burnt — 1 the past tense and past participle of burn 1 2 adjective 1 damaged or hurt by burning: The cake s a little bit burnt, I m afraid. 2 burnt offering a) something that is offered as a gift to a god by being burnt on an altar (1) b) humorous food… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• burnt offering — /bɜnt ˈɒfərɪŋ/ (say bernt ofuhring) noun 1. an offering burnt upon an altar in sacrifice to a deity. 2. a flawed gift or presentation: *Even with a good cast – including James Mason, Ian Gilmour and Wendy Hughes – this really is a burnt offering …  

• burnt offering — n. burned food; a badly cooked meal. □ Everything I try to cook turns out to be a burnt offering. □ All I have to look forward to after work is a burnt offering …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• burnt offering — noun a) Something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. b) Overcooked food …   Wiktionary

• burnt offering — noun 1》 a religious sacrifice burnt on an altar. 2》 humorous an overcooked or charred item of food …   English new terms dictionary

• Burnt offering — (jocular) over cooked food …   Dictionary of Australian slang