noun
a human female employed to do housework
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- the char will clean the carpet
- I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write
noun
any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
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verb
burn to charcoal
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Examples
- Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
verb
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
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- The cook blackened the chicken breast
- The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
- the flames scorched the ceiling