char Definition

char¹
verb charred, charring

tr & intr
1. To blacken or be blackened by burning; to scorch.

Thesaurus: burn, scorch, singe, sear, blacken, carbonize.
2. Said of wood: to turn into charcoal by partial burning.

Etymology: 17c: shortened from charcoal.

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char²
verb

intr
charred, charring
1. To do paid cleaning work in someone's house, an office, etc.

noun

1. colloq
A charwoman.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cierran.

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char³
noun

1. slang
Tea.

Etymology: 20c: from Chinese cha.

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char⁴
charr
noun char, charr, chars, charrs

1. A fish related to and resembling the salmon, native to cool northern lakes and rivers, with minute scales, white spotted sides, and bright red flanks and belly.