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UK
/tʃˈɑː/
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[ US /ˈtʃɑɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃɑɹ/ ]
NOUN
- any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
- a charred substance
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a human female employed to do housework
the char will clean the carpet
I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write
VERB
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burn to charcoal
Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything -
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
the flames scorched the ceiling
The cook blackened the chicken breast
The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
How To Use char In A Sentence
- Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
- Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
- WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
- The poems, plays, and essays of the committed cultural nationalist are characterized by a markedly hortatory or didactic manner.
- We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- Apart from any other objection, a different classification would be reached if the characters were used in a different sequence.
- During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
- But yes, good of Prof. Adler, who I hope will be a little chary of Althousian pseudoreality in future. The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School
- It's impossible to look at yourself in a pair of new frames and not see another character. Times, Sunday Times
