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1. Burn to charcoal
   "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
    
2. (cooking) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
   "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece";
   - blacken, sear, scorch
    
3. [Brit] Work as a charlady

1. A charred substance
    
2. [Brit, informal] A human female employed to do housework
   "the char will clean the carpet";
   - charwoman [Brit, archaic], cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman [informal], charlady [Brit]
    
3. Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
   - charr
    
4. [Brit, informal] A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
   "iced char is a cooling drink";
   - tea, cha [Brit, informal]

Sounds like: charr, cha

Derived forms: chars, charred, charring

Type of: atomic number 6, beverage, burn, C, carbon, cleaner, combust, drink, drinkable, potable, salmonid

Part of: genus Salvelinus, Salvelinus

Encyclopedia: Char, Tajikistan