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(c̸här)

transitive verb, intransitive verb charred, charring

to reduce to charcoal by burning
to burn slightly; scorch

Origin: back-form. < charcoal

noun

anything charred; esp., charcoal

noun

chare
Brit., Informal a charwoman

Origin: back-form. < charwoman

intransitive verb charred, charring

Chiefly Brit., Informal to work as a charwoman

noun pl. chars or char

any of a genus (Salvelinus) of trouts with small scales and a red belly

Origin: < Gael ceara, red < cear, blood

noun

Brit., Slang tea ()

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See char in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb charred charred, char·ring, chars chars

verb, transitive

To burn the surface of; scorch.
To reduce to carbon or charcoal by incomplete combustion.

verb, intransitive

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

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from charcoal

also charr

noun pl. char 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.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

noun

A charwoman.

intransitive verb charred charred, char·ring, chars chars

To work as a charwoman.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, a piece of work

Origin: , from Old English cierr, a turning

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