Char
[tʃɑː] or [tʃɑr]
Definition
(noun.) any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus.
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) burn to charcoal; 'Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything'.
Checker: Myrna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Charr
(n.) A car; a chariot.
(n.) Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore.
(v. t.) Alt. of Chare
(v. i.) Alt. of Chare
(n.) To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
(n.) To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.
Typist: Lycurgus
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Burn, scorch, reduce to charcoal.
Typed by Audrey
Definition
See Chare.
to scorch:—pr.p. char′ring; pa.p. charred.—adj. Char′ry pertaining to charcoal.
found in mountain lakes and rivers.
Inputed by Celia
Examples
- The char-woman, after the manner of her kind, stood with her arms folded in her shawl. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There was no one in sight, however, but a char-woman who was scrubbing the stairs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Lily looked at the char-woman in surprise. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Thi s attitude of strict criticism is char acteristic of the scientific mind. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Lily stood motionless, keeping between herself and the char-woman the greatest distance compatible with the need of speaking in low tones. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Half way down the next flight, she smiled to think that a char-woman's stare should so perturb her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Char-Lee was filled with remorse and, as he walked about among the ruins of his home, he felt that the gods of Good Luck had indeed turned their backs on him. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As she sat with the paper folded between her hands, the charred log fell asunder. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You can see that it is quite charred all down one side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It had charred as leather chars, but no part of the surface had dissolved. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In her right hand was found the charred stump of a match, and in her left a match-box. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In one picture a still more astonishing appearance was produced, by the change of the interior of a beautifully painted and decorated church into a mass of charred ruins. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The pieces of cork are flattened out by heat or by weights, and are slightly charred on the surface to close the pores. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But you cannot light it at a lamp without getting the bowl charred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It had charred as leather chars, but no part of the surface had dissolved. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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