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[[t]tʃɑr[/t]]

v. charred, char•ring, n.

1) to burn or reduce to charcoal

2) to burn slightly; scorch:

The flame charred the steak[/ex]

3) to become charred

4) a charred material or surface

5) chem. charcoal

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Etymology: 1670–80; appar. extracted from charcoal II

char

[[t]tʃɑr[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively)char, (esp. for kinds or species)chars.

ich any trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the arctic char

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Etymology: 1655–65; of unknown origin III

char

[[t]tʃɑr[/t]] n. v. charred, char•ring

1) brit.

charwoman

2) brit. to work at cleaning offices or houses

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Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME, OE cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, der. of cierran to turn