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Inflections of 'char' (n):

chars: npl (All countable usages. For the fish sense, mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "The Arctic char and the lake char are both chars.")

char: npl (Can be used as a collective plural for the fish sense only—e.g. "The waters are teeming with char.")

Inflections of 'char' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

chars: v 3rd person singular

charring: v pres p

charred: v past

charred: v past p

char¹ v., charred, char•ring.

to burn or (cause to) become reduced to charcoal: [~ + object]The flames had charred the corpses beyond recognition.[no object]The corpses charred in the fire.
[~ + object] to burn slightly;
scorch: The flame charred the steak.

char³ n., v., charred, char•ring. Chiefly Brit.
n. [countable]

British Terms charwoman.

v. [no object]

British Termsto work at cleaning offices or houses.

char., an abbreviation of:

character.

char¹ v., charred, char•ring, n.
v.t.

Chemistryto burn or reduce to charcoal:The fire charred the paper.
Chemistryto burn slightly;
scorch:The flame charred the steak.

v.i.

to become charred.

Chemistrya charred material or surface.
Chemistrycharcoal.
Energy, Chemistrya superior carbon-rich fuel, a by-product of the conversion of coal into gaseous or liquid fuel.

1670–80; apparently extracted from charcoal; see chark

char² n., pl. ([esp. collectively]) char, ([esp. referring to two or more kinds or species]) chars.

Fishany trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the Arctic char.

1655–65; perh. Old English *ceorra literally, turner, derivative of ceorran to turn, it being thought of as swimming to and fro time and again; see char³

char³ n., v., charred, char•ring. [Chiefly Brit.]
n.

British Termsa charwoman.
British Termsa task, esp. a household chore.
British Terms chars, odd jobs, esp. of housework, for which one is paid by the hour or day.

v.i.

British Termsto work at housecleaning by the day or hour;
hire oneself out to do odd jobs.

v.t.

British Termsto do (housework, odd jobs, or chores);
clean or repair.

Also, chare.

late Middle English, Old English cerr, cierr turn, time, occasion, affair, derivative of cierran to turn 1375–1425

char⁴ n. [Brit. Informal.]

British Termstea.

Hindi cā tea; for spelling, spelled with r compare arvo, parcheesi
1915–20

Char n.

Re•né born 1907, French poet.

char.,

character.
charter.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

char /tʃɑː/ vb (chars, charring, charred)

to burn or be burned partially, esp so as to blacken the surface; scorch
(transitive) to reduce (wood) to charcoal by partial combustion

Etymology: 17th Century: short for charcoal

char, charr /tʃɑː/ n ( pl char, chars, charr, charrs)

any of various troutlike fishes of the genus Salvelinus, esp S. alpinus, occurring in cold lakes and northern seas: family Salmonidae (salmon)

Etymology: 17th Century: of unknown origin

char /tʃɑː/ n Brit informal

short for charwoman

vb (chars, charring, charred)

to do housework, cleaning, etc, as a job

Etymology: 18th Century: from Old English cerr

char /tʃɑː/ n

Brit
a slang word for tea

Etymology: from Chinese ch'a

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