Definition of overburn
overburned
or overburnt
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\ˌō-vər-ˈbərnt\;
overburning
: to burn (something, such as clay) too long or at a higher than normal temperature
- Some of the bricks were excessively dark, he explained, a sign that they had been overburned in the kiln.
- —Samuel C. Florman
- … this type of glaze will craze when overburned sufficiently …
- —H. H. Sortwell
