Definition of Char

1. Noun. A charred substance.

Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 6, C, Carbon
Specialized synonyms: Animal Black, Animal Charcoal, Bone Black, Bone Char, Snuff

2. Verb. Burn to charcoal. "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
Exact synonyms: Coal
Generic synonyms: Burn, Combust
Derivative terms: Coal, Coal

3. Noun. A human female employed to do housework. "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
Exact synonyms: Charwoman, Cleaning Lady, Cleaning Woman, Woman
Generic synonyms: Cleaner

4. Verb. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color. "The flames scorched the ceiling"
Exact synonyms: Blacken, Scorch, Sear
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Burn
Specialized synonyms: Singe, Swinge
Derivative terms: Scorch

5. Noun. Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus.
Exact synonyms: Charr
Generic synonyms: Salmonid
Group relationships: Genus Salvelinus, Salvelinus
Specialized synonyms: Arctic Char, Salvelinus Alpinus

Definition of Char

1. n. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.

2. n. A car; a chariot.

3. n. Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore.

4. v. t. To perform; to do; to finish.

5. v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.

6. v. t. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.

Definition of Char

1. to burn slightly [v CHARRED, CHARRING, CHARS]

Medical Definition of Char

1. The remains of solid biomass that has been incompletely combusted, such as charcoal if wood is incompletely burned. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Char

chappy
chaps
chapt
chapter
chapteral
chaptered
chapterhouse
chaptering
chapters
chaptrel
chaptrels
Chapultepec
chaqueta
chaquetas
char (current term)
char (current term)
Chara
Chara
charabanc
charabancs
Characeae
Characean algae
characid
Characidae
characids
characin
Characinidae
characins
characin fish
charact

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