- char
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I. noun
also charr
(plural char or chars; also charr or charrs)
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1662
any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
II. verb
(charred; charring)
Etymology: charcoal
Date: 1679
transitive verb
1. to convert to charcoal or carbon usually by heat ; burn
2. to burn slightly or partly ; scorch <the fire charred the beams> intransitive verb to become charred III. noun Date: 1879 a charred substance ; charcoal; specifically a combustible residue remaining after the destructive distillation of coal IV. intransitive verb (charred; charring) Etymology: charwoman Date: 1732 to work as a cleaning woman V. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1906 British charwoman
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.