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Definition of Char
1. Noun. A charred substance.
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"
3. Noun. A human female employed to do housework. "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
4. Verb. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color. "The flames scorched the ceiling"
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.
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
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