char
IPA: tʃˈɑr
noun
- A charred substance.
- Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.
- (obsolete) A time; a turn or occasion.
- (obsolete) 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.
- (computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
- A nickname for Charlotte
- A nickname for Charlene
- (Britain) Alternative form of cha (“tea”) [tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai]
verb
- (ergative) To burn something to charcoal.
- To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
- (obsolete) To turn, especially away or aside.
- To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
- (obsolete) To perform; to do; to finish.
- To work or hew (stone, etc.)
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Examples of "char" in Sentences
- It charred the front door.
- It may be used as tinder or char.
- The origins of the Chota Char Dham are obscure.
- The tar was used with the char to create the briquettes.
- The char prevents further burning of the treated material.
- Char is not aware of Ella's curse until the end of the novel.
- It's essentially the antagonist in the movie Char's Counterattack.
- The type resembled the suspension of the earlier Char D1 and Char D2.
- A reticulated structure is provided to anchor the char to the substrate.
- The desulfurized char is thereafter separated from the caustic and washed.