charred
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charred
burned or reduced to charcoal; scorched; singed
Not to be confused with:
chard – a variety of beet with leaves that are used as a vegetable
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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 Britishn.
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.]
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charred
(tʃɑːd)adj
burnt and blackened
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charred
a. carbonizado-a.
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