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char

/tʃɑr/

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verb
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
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"The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"

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blacken scorch sear

type of:
burn
noun
a human female employed to do housework
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"the char will clean the carpet"

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charwoman cleaning lady cleaning woman woman

type of:
cleaner
noun
any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
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charr

type of:
salmonid
verb
burn to charcoal
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"Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"

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coal

type of:
combust burn
noun
a charred substance
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type of:
carbon atomic number 6 c

Examples of char

"The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
"the char will clean the carpet"
"Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"