Definition of "sunburn" [sun•burn]

• Inflammation or blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight. (noun)
• To affect or be affected with sunburn. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The best way to prevent sunburn is to always wear sunscreen with SPF protection."
• "An old wives tale promoted raw potato to treat sunburn is one of the things we read when researching about 12 years ago and decided to make a soap with actual potato."
• "Redheads get more common the farther out in the Atlantic you go because the skies are more overcast, so the chance of a bad sunburn is less."