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sunburn

  • noun
  • sun·burn
  • /ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/

A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.

Other meanings

  1. A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.

Related words

  • sunburnlike
  • Indian sunburn

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sunburn” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.