char

char ¹  (chär)

v. charred, char·ring, chars

v.tr.

1. To burn the surface of; scorch.

2. To reduce to carbon or charcoal by incomplete combustion.

v.intr.

1. To become scorched.

2. To become reduced to carbon or charcoal. See Synonyms at burn¹.

n.

A substance that has been scorched, burned, or reduced to charcoal.

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[Back-formation from charcoal.]

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char ² also charr  (chär)

n. pl. char or chars also charr or charrs

Any of several fishes of the genus Salvelinus, especially the arctic char, related to the trout and salmon.

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[Origin unknown.]

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char ¹

Verb

[charring, charred] to blacken by partial burning [short for charcoal]

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char ² Brit informal

Noun

short for charwoman

Verb

[charring, charred]

to clean other people's houses as a job [Old English cerr turn of work]

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char ³

Noun

Brit old-fashioned slang tea [Chinese ch'a]

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char ⁴

Noun

pl char or chars a troutlike fish of cold lakes and northern seas [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	char - a charred substance atomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds animal black, animal charcoal, bone black, bone char - black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment snuff - the charred portion of a candlewick
	2.	char - a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman cleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaning
	3.	char - any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus charr salmonid - soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters genus Salvelinus, Salvelinus - brook trout Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus - small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England
Verb	1.	char - burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" coal combust, burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
	2.	char - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" blacken, sear, scorch cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" burn - burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" singe, swinge - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"

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char

verb scorch, sear, singe

Translations

char [tʃɑːʳ] vt (= burn) → carbonizar, chamuscar

n (BRIT) = charlady

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char [tʃɑːʳ] vt (= burn) → carboniser

vi (Brit) [cleaner] → faire des ménages

n (Brit) = charlady

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char [tʃɑːʳ] vt → verkohlen

vi (Brit) → putzen gehen

n (Brit) = charlady

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char [tʃɑːʳ] vt (= burn) → carbonizzare

vi (BRIT) [cleaner] → lavorare come domestica (a ore)

n (BRIT) = charlady