char

Meanings

Plural: char, chars

Noun

• a charred substance
• a human female employed to do housework
  • "the char will clean the carpet"
• any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
• A charred substance.
• Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.
• A time; a turn or occasion.
• A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
• An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
• A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
• A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
• A character (being involved in the action of a story).
• Alternative form of cha (“tea”).

Verb

• burn to charcoal
  • "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  • "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
• To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
• To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.
• To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
• To turn, especially away or aside.
• To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
• To perform; to do; to finish.
• To work or hew (stone, etc.)

Synonyms

blacken, charcoal, charlady, charr, charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, coal, scorch, sear, singe, woman

Related Words

char kueh teow, char kway teow, char siew, char siu, char siu bao, charset, charstring, chore, zi char