bescorched
/bɪˈskɔːrtʃt/
adjective
- Burned or scorched on the surface, often by fire or intense heat.
- She threw away the bescorched pan after leaving it on the stove too long.
- The bescorched fields after the wildfire looked like a blackened desert.
- The ancient manuscript had bescorched edges from a candle that had fallen on it.
verb
- Past tense of bescorch: burned or scorched the surface of something.
- He accidentally bescorched the toast while reading the newspaper.
- The dragon's breath bescorched the knight's shield, but he held firm.
- The sun bescorched the wooden deck, leaving it cracked and faded.