char

Meaning

Verb

1. To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
2. To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.
3. To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.

Noun

A charred substance.

Noun

Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A time; a turn or occasion.
2. (obsolete) A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
3. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
4. A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.

Noun

1. A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
2. A character (being involved in the action of a story).

Noun

Alternative form of cha (“tea”)

Synonyms

burn

scorch

charr

coal

singe

sear

cleaning woman

blacken

be charred

charwoman

cleaning lady

charcoal

woman

👩

chore

carbonize

burn to a crisp

burn down

cha

become charred

roast

sizzle

steward

swinge

tea

🫖

tingle

woodcoal

wood coal

Arctic char

combust

be burned

coalite

be burnt

aurora trout

baiser

brook charr

brookie

common brook trout

eastern brook trout

cleaningwoman

brook char

eastern speckled trout

wood charcoal

low-temperature coke

humpbacked trout

lord-fish

mountain trout

mud trout

native trout

vegetable charcoal

bite

char-woman

breeder

broil

brook trout

brown

calcine

carbonise

character

charred

clean

cleaner

coaster

cremate

fag

housekeeper

janitor

kiln

repair

saute

scald

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɑː/

Etymology

Back-formation from charcoal.