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char

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: char

1
 vn
burn to charcoal
a charred substance
2
 n
any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
3
 n
a human female employed to do housework
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: char
1

v burn to charcoal

“Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything”
Synonyms:
coal
Type of:
burn, combust
cause to burn or combust

v burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

“The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece”
Synonyms:
blacken, scorch, sear
Types:
singe, swinge
burn superficially or lightly
Type of:
burn
burn with heat, fire, or radiation

n a charred substance

Types:
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
Type of:
C, atomic number 6, carbon
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
2

n any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus

Synonyms:
charr
Types:
Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus
small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England
Type of:
salmonid
soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
3

n a human female employed to do housework

“the char will clean the carpet”
Synonyms:
charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman
Type of:
cleaner
someone whose occupation is cleaning
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