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1. A charred substance
    
2. [Brit] A human female employed to do housework
   "the char will clean the carpet"
   - charwoman, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman, charlady [Brit]
    
3. Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
   - charr
    
4. [Brit] A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
   "iced char is a cooling drink"
   - tea, cha [Brit]

1. Burn to charcoal
   "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
   - coal
    
2. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
   "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
   - blacken, sear, scorch

Sounds like: charr, cha

Derived forms: charring, charred, chars

Type of: atomic number 6, beverage, burn, C, carbon, cleaner, combust, drink, drinkable, potable, salmonid

Part of: genus Salvelinus, Salvelinus

Encyclopedia: Char Char, Tajikistan