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Word entry · 7 letters

sunburn

Best crossword clue

"Beach redness"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bnnrsuuStarts with SEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

Word origin

From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun + burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”).

Used in a sentence

  • The neutral colours showed off her café au lait sunburn.
  • c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64, I have brought Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you From sun-burning.
  • All foliage is necessary in Texas to keep the tomato fruit from sunburning.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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