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View usage for: (tʃɑːʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense chars, present participle charring, past tense, past participle charred1. verbIf food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking. Toast hazelnuts on a baking sheet until the skins char. [VERB] Halve the peppers and char the skins under a hot grill. [VERB noun] Synonyms: scorch, sear, singe, carbonize More Synonyms of char charring uncountable noun The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring. 2. verbIf a woman chars for someone, she works as their cleaner. [British, old-fashioned] I'm calling round at the Rodings to ask if Mrs Higgins will char for you. [VERB for noun] 3. uncountable nounTea that you drink can be referred to as char. [British, informal, old-fashioned] Is there any char going? 4. See also charred char in British English 1 (tʃɑː) verbWord forms: chars, charring or charred1. to burn or be burned partially, esp so as to blacken the surface; scorch 2. (transitive) to reduce (wood) to charcoal by partial combustion Word origin C17: short for charcoalchar in British English 2 or charr (tʃɑː) nounWord forms: plural char, chars, charr or charrsany of various troutlike fishes of the genus Salvelinus, esp S. alpinus, occurring in cold lakes and northern seas: family Salmonidae (salmon) Word origin C17: of unknown origin char in British English 3 (tʃɑː) noun British informal1. short for charwoman verbWord forms: chars, charring or charred2. to do housework, cleaning, etc, as a job Word origin C18: from Old English cerrchar in British English 4 (tʃɑː) noun British a slang word for tea Word origin from Chinese ch'achar in American English 1 (tʃɑr) verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: charred or ˈcharring1. to reduce to charcoal by burning 2. to burn slightly; scorch noun3. anything charred; esp., charcoal SIMILAR WORDS: burn Word origin back-form. < charcoal char in American English 2 (tʃɑr) noun2. British, Informal a charwoman verb intransitiveWord forms: charred or ˈcharring3. Chiefly British, Informal to work as a charwoman Word origin back-form. < charwoman char in American English 3 (tʃɑr) nounWord forms: plural chars or char any of a genus (Salvelinus) of trouts with small scales and a red belly Word origin < Gael ceara, red < cear, blood char in American English 4 (tʃɑr) noun British, Slang tea (sense 3) char in American English 5 Examples of 'char' in a sentencechar British English: char VERB If food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking. Toast hazelnuts on a baking sheet until the skins char. - American English: char
- Brazilian Portuguese: tostar
- Chinese: 烧焦
- European Spanish: chamuscar
- French: carboniser
- German: verkohlen
- Italian: bruciacchiare
- Japanese: 焦がす/焦げる
- Korean: 까맣게 태우다
- European Portuguese: tostar
- Latin American Spanish: chamuscar
Definition to blacken by partial burning Halve the peppers and char the skins under a hot grill. Additional synonymsDefinition to cause to wither Grass fires have seared the land. Synonyms wither, burn, blight, brand, scorch, sizzle, shrivel, cauterize, desiccate, dry up or out Definition to burn slightly without setting alight Her hair was singed and her anorak was burnt. Synonyms burn, sear, scorch, char, blacken- chaperone
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