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. See Synonyms at burn¹.

v.intr.

1. To become scorched.

2. To become reduced to carbon or charcoal.

n.

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

---

[Back-formation from charcoal.]

---

char ²

also charr  (chär)

n. pl. char or chars also charr or charrs

Any of several salmonid fishes of the genus Salvelinus, usually having a dark body with light spots, and including the arctic char, the brook trout, and the lake trout.

---

[Origin unknown.]

---

char ³

 (chär) Chiefly British

n.

A charwoman.

intr.v. charred, char·ring, chars

To work as a charwoman.

---

[Middle English, a piece of work, from Old English cierr, a turning.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

char

(tʃɑː)

vb, chars, charring or charred

1. to burn or be burned partially, esp so as to blacken the surface; scorch

2. (tr) to reduce (wood) to charcoal by partial combustion

[C17: short for charcoal]

---

char

(tʃɑː) or

charr

n, pl char, chars, charr or charrs

(Animals) any of various troutlike fishes of the genus Salvelinus, esp S. alpinus, occurring in cold lakes and northern seas: family Salmonidae (salmon)

[C17: of unknown origin]

---

char

(tʃɑː)

n

short for charwoman

vb, chars, charring or charred

to do housework, cleaning, etc, as a job

[C18: from Old English cerr]

---

char

(tʃɑː)

n

(Cookery) Brit a slang word for tea

[from Chinese ch'a]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

char¹

(tʃɑr)

v. charred, char•ring,
n. v.t.

1. to burn or reduce to charcoal.

2. to burn slightly; scorch: The flame charred the steak.

v.i.

3. to become charred.

n.

4. a charred material or surface.

5. charcoal.

[1670–80; appar. extracted from charcoal]

char²

(tʃɑr)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) char, (esp. for kinds or species) chars.

any trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the arctic char.

[1655–65; of unknown origin]

char³

(tʃɑr)

n., v. charred, char•ring. Chiefly Brit. n.

1. charwoman.

v.i.

2. to work at cleaning offices or houses.

[1375–1425; late Middle English, Old English cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, derivative of cierran to turn]

char.

1. character.

2. charter.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

char

Past participle: charred
Gerund: charring

Imperative

char

char

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

char

verb scorch, sear, singe Halve the peppers and char the skins under a hot grill.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

char

verb

To undergo or cause to undergo damage by or as if by fire:

burn, scorch, sear, singe.

noun

Damage or a damaged substance that results from burning:

burn, scorch, sear, singe.

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

يَحْرِقُ، يُفَحِّمُ

spálitzuhelnatit

brændebrænde påsvide

SaiblingverkohlenversengenZugehfrauankohlen

καθαρίστριακαρβουνιάζωπαραδουλεύτρα

hiilihiillyttäähiiltääpuronieriäpuuhiili

carboniser

elszenesedik

brenna; svíîa

andare a serviziocaratterecarbonizzaredonna delle puliziesimbolo

paversti anglimis

pārogļotiessadedzināt

forkulle

уборщицауголь

zuhoľnatieť

yakmak

把...烧黑

char

¹ [tʃɑːʳ]

A. VT (= burn black) → carbonizar

B. VI → carbonizarse

---

char

² [tʃɑːʳ]

A. N (= charwoman) = charlady

B. VI → limpiar, trabajar como asistenta

---

char

³ [tʃɑːʳ] N (Brit) → té m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

char

[ˈtʃɑː^r]

vt

(= burn) → carboniser

vi (= burn) [food] → brûler

(British) [cleaner] → faire des ménages

n (British) = charlady

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

char

¹

vt (= burn black) → verkohlen

---

char

² (Brit inf)

n (also charwoman, charlady) → Putzfrau f

vi → putzen; to char for somebody → bei jdm putzen

---

char

³

n (= fish) → Saibling m

---

char

⁴

n (Brit inf: = tea) → Tee m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

char

¹ [tʃɑːʳ] vt (burn black) → carbonizzare

---

char

² [tʃɑːʳ] (Brit)

1. n (charwoman) → donna a ore

2. vi → lavorare come donna a ore

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

char

(tʃaː) – past tense past participle charred – verb

to burn or turn black by fire or heat. The wood was charred by the intense heat. verkool يَحْرِقُ، يُفَحِّمُ овъглявам queimar spálit, zuhelnatit verkohlen brænde på; svide; brænde καρβουνιάζωchamuscar, carbonizar söestuma, mustaks kõrvetama نیمسوز کردن hiiltyä carboniser לְהַשחִיר עי שׂרֵיפָה झुलसा देना, जलाना pougljeniti, opaliti elszenesedik membakar hangus brenna; svíða carbonizzare 黒焦げにする 까맣게 타다 sudeginti, paversti anglimis sadedzināt; pārogļoties terbakar verkolensvi; forkulle zwęglać سكاره كول، نيم سوى كېدل queimar a car­boniza обугливаться zuhoľnatieť počrneti; zogleneti ugljenisati bränna till kol, förkolna เผาไหม้จนเป็นถ่าน yakmak (把...)燒焦 обвуглювати(ся) جلنا ، بھننا cháy xém （把...）烧黑

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.