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char
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Noun
  • any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
  • 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
  • a charred substance
Verb
  • 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
  • burn to charcoal
    • Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
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