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Noun: sunburn  'sún,burn
  1. Redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
    "After a day at the beach, she had a painful sunburn on her shoulders";
    - erythema solare
Verb: sunburn  'sún,burn
  1. Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
    "He sunburned easily and had to be careful at the beach";
    - burn

Derived forms: sunburned, sunburning, sunburns

Type of: color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], erythema, first-degree burn

Encyclopedia: Sunburn