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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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char
(tʃɑː)vb, chars, charring or charred
1. to burn or be burned partially, esp so as to blacken the surface; scorch
2. (tr) to reduce (wood) to charcoal by partial combustion
[C17: short for charcoal]
char
(tʃɑː) orcharr
n, pl char, chars, charr or charrs
(Animals) any of various troutlike fishes of the genus Salvelinus, esp S. alpinus, occurring in cold lakes and northern seas: family Salmonidae (salmon)
[C17: of unknown origin]
char
(tʃɑː)n
short for charwoman
vb, chars, charring or charred
to do housework, cleaning, etc, as a job
[C18: from Old English cerr]
char
(tʃɑː)n
(Cookery) Brit a slang word for tea
[from Chinese ch'a]
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char1
(tʃɑr)v. charred, char•ring,
n. v.t.
1. to burn or reduce to charcoal.
2. to burn slightly; scorch: The flame charred the steak.
v.i. 3. to become charred.
n. 4. a charred material or surface.
5. charcoal.
[1670–80; appar. extracted from charcoal]
char2
(tʃɑr)n., pl. (esp. collectively) char, (esp. for kinds or species) chars.
any trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the arctic char.
[1655–65; of unknown origin]
char3
(tʃɑr)n., v. charred, char•ring. Chiefly Brit. n.
1. charwoman.
v.i. 2. to work at cleaning offices or houses.
[1375–1425; late Middle English, Old English cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, derivative of cierran to turn]
char.
1. character.
2. charter.
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char
Past participle: charred
Gerund: charring
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| Noun | 1. | char - a charred substance atomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds animal black, animal charcoal, bone black, bone char - black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment snuff - the charred portion of a candlewick |
| 2. |  char - a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"cleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaning | |
| 3. | char - any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus salmonid - soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters genus Salvelinus, Salvelinus - brook trout Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus - small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England | |
| Verb | 1. | char - burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" |
| 2. |  char - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" burn - burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" |
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char
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char
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Translations
يَحْرِقُ، يُفَحِّمُ
spálitzuhelnatit
brændebrænde påsvide
hiilihiillyttäähiiltääpuronieriäpuuhiili
elszenesedik
brenna; svíîa
paversti anglimis
pārogļotiessadedzināt
zuhoľnatieť
char
1 [tʃɑːʳ]A. VT (= burn black) → carbonizar
B. VI → carbonizarse
char
2 [tʃɑːʳ]A. N (= charwoman) = charlady
char
3 [tʃɑːʳ] N (Brit) → té mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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char
1vt (= burn black) → verkohlen
char
2 (Brit inf)n (also charwoman, charlady) → Putzfrau f
char
3n (= fish) → Saibling m
char
4n (Brit inf: = tea) → Tee m
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char
(tʃaː) – past tense past participle charred – verb to burn or turn black by fire or heat. The wood was charred by the intense heat.
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