a charred substance
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
[ Syn: charwoman , cleaning woman , cleaning lady , woman ]
any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
[ Syn: charr ]
char (n.)
burn to charcoal; Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
[ Syn: coal ]
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