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char

[ chahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

charred, charring.

to burn or reduce to charcoal:
The fire charred the paper.
to burn slightly; scorch:
The flame charred the steak.
Synonyms: ,

verb (used without object)

charred, charring.

to become charred.

noun

a charred material or surface.
charcoal ( def 1 ).
a superior carbon-rich fuel, a by-product of the conversion of coal into gaseous or liquid fuel.

char

or charr

[ chahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural (especially collectively) char, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) chars.

any trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer ), especially the Arctic char.

char

[ chahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a charwoman.
a task, especially a household chore.
chars, odd jobs, especially of housework, for which one is paid by the hour or day.

verb (used without object)

charred, charring.

to work at housecleaning by the day or hour; hire oneself out to do odd jobs.

verb (used with object)

charred, charring.

to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair.

char

⁴

[ chahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

British Informal.

tea.

Char

⁵

[ shar ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

��·��é [r, uh, -, ney], 1907–1988, French poet.

char.

⁶

abbreviation for

character.
charter.

char

/ ��ʃɑː /

verb

to burn or be burned partially, esp so as to blacken the surface; scorch
tr to reduce (wood) to charcoal by partial combustion

char

/ ��ʃɑː /

noun

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

char

/ ��ʃɑː /

noun

informal.
short for charwoman

verb

informal.
to do housework, cleaning, etc, as a job

char

⁴

/ ��ʃɑː /

noun

a slang word for tea

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of char¹

First recorded in 1670–80; apparently extracted from charcoal; chark

Origin of char²

First recorded in 1655–65; perhaps unattested Old English ceorra literally, “turner,” derivative of ceorran “to turn,” it being thought of as swimming to and fro time and again; char ³

Origin of char³

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, Old English cerr, cierr “turn, time, occasion, affair,” derivative of cierran “to turn”

Origin of char⁴

First recorded in 1915–20; from Hindi �� “tea” ( tea ); for spelling with r arvo, Parcheesi ( def )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of char¹

C17: short for charcoal

Origin of char²

C17: of unknown origin

Origin of char³

C18: from Old English cerr

Origin of char⁴

from Chinese ch'a

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A beautiful menace is growing on the freshly charred slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains.

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Neighborhoods will come back one charred lot at a time — or they won’t.

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Human rights activists say many cartel recruits may have been killed at the site, where searchers found hundreds of shoes and articles of clothing, along with charred bones.

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A few char marks from your chosen cooking method and they are ready.

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He explained: "All his body has been charred, spine, his hands, one of his legs is completely missing, and there's a huge amount of damage done to him."

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