v., charred, char·ring, chars.

v.tr.

1. To burn the surface of; scorch.
2. To reduce to carbon or charcoal by incomplete combustion.

v.intr.

1. To become scorched.
2. To become reduced to carbon or charcoal. See synonyms at burn¹.

n.

A substance that has been scorched, burned, or reduced to charcoal.

[Back-formation from CHARCOAL.]

char² also charr (chär)
n., pl. char or chars also charr or charrs.

Any of several fishes of the genus Salvelinus, especially the arctic char, related to the trout and salmon.

[Origin unknown.]

char³ (chär) Chiefly British.
n.

A charwoman.

intr.v., charred, char·ring, chars.

To work as a charwoman.

[Middle English, a piece of work, from Old English cierr, a turning.]

(CHARacter) In programming, the mnemonic for declaring a variable or array that holds alphanumeric characters. Pronounced "char" or "car," the C statement char OneChar; declares a single-byte variable named "OneChar," which holds one character. The declaration char InBuff[1000]; reserves a 1,000 byte array named "InBuff."

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A fish belonging to the genus Salvelinus and related to both the trout and salmon. The Dolly Varden trout and the Mackinaw trout (or lake trout) are actually members of the char family. Char live in the icy waters (both fresh and marine) of North America and Europe. The arctic char, which has become more commercially available in recent years, is now raised on government-sponsored fish farms in Iceland. It has a pink flesh with a flavor and texture that's a cross between trout and salmon. Char can be baked, broiled, fried, grilled, poached or steamed. See also fish.

verb

To undergo or cause to undergo damage by or as if by fire: burn, scorch, sear, singe. See hot/cold/lukewarm.

noun

Damage or a damaged substance that results from burning: burn, scorch, sear, singe. See hot/cold/lukewarm.

Shorthand for ‘character’. Esp.: used by C programmers, as char is C's typename for character data.

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character

A single inscribed mark, symbol, etc., most usually in Western culture an alphabetic letter, a numeric digit or punctuation symbol. Hence by extension also the minimal explicit space that separates words, etc. The quantitative measure of a character depends on the size of the alphabet to be covered, provisions for unique versus dual representation, and any in-built self-checking capacity. In early telegraphy one character equalled five bits net, but one visible character could require two transmitted characters because of figure/letter duality (e.g. T and 5 were represented by the same pattern of 5 bits), differentiated by the last preceding letter-shift else figure-shift character. In modern computers and telecommunications one character was five then six bits (with upper/lower case duality hence shift characters), but now is usually eight bits (= 1 byte), allowing unambiguous coverage of numeric digits, the lower- and upper-case alphabet, plus punctuation and many other symbols.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - svide, forkulle
v. intr. - forkulles, svides
n. - forkullet masse

2.
n. - rengøringskone
v. intr. - gå ud og gøre rent

3.
n. - kildeørred, fjeldørred

4.
n. - [sl] te

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkolen, verbranden, als schoonmaakster werken, thee, werkster

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - roussir, carboniser
v. intr. - roussir, se carboniser
n. - substance carbonisée, (GB) thé (arg)

2.
n. - (GB) femme de ménage
v. intr. - faire des ménages

3.
n. - chevalier

4.
n. - (Zool) omble

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - verkohlen, anbrennen, brennen
n. - verkohlte Sache, ...Kohle

2.
n. - Putzfrau, Gelegenheitsarbeit
v. - als Putzfrau arbeiten, Gelegenheitsarbeiten (im Haushalt) machen

3.
n. - (Sl) Tee

4.
n. - Saibling, Rotforelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) παραδουλεύτρα, (δυνατό) τσάι
v. - καρβουνιάζω, παρακαίω/-ομαι, ξενοδουλεύω (ως καθαρίστρια)

Italiano (Italian)
carbonizzarsi, carbonizzare, donna di servizio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carvão (m) animal
v. - chamuscar-se

Русский (Russian)
обугливать, сжигать, уборщица

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - carbonizar
v. intr. - carbonizarse
n. - carbón

2.
n. - asistenta, señora de la limpieza, trabajo a jornal o por horas
v. intr. - trabajar a jornal o por horas, asistir

3.
n. - especie de trucha

4.
n. - té

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - te (vard.), röding
v. - städa, bränna till kol, förkolna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 把...烧成炭, 把...烧焦, 烧成炭, 烧焦, 烧焦物, 炭

2. 嘉鱼, 红点鲑

3. 杂役女佣, 杂务, 做杂役女佣

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 把...燒成炭, 把...燒焦
v. intr. - 燒成炭, 燒焦
n. - 燒焦物, 炭

2.
n. - 雜役女傭, 雜務
v. intr. - 做雜役女傭

3.
n. - 嘉魚, 紅點鮭

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 잡일을 하다
v. intr. - 날품으로 잡역부 일을 하다
n. - 잡역부, 잡일

2.
n. - 숯
v. intr. - 숯으로 만들다, 태우다

3.
n. - (어류) 곤들매기류

4.
n. - 차

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 黒焦げになる, 炭になる, 炭にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) امرأة لتنظيف المنزل (فعل) لفح, أحرق, تفحم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חרך‬
v. intr. - ‮נחרך‬
n. - ‮חריכה, היחרכות‬
n. - ‮תה‬
n. - ‮פועלת ניקיון‬
v. intr. - ‮עבדה כפועלת-ניקיון‬
n. - ‮דג דמוי טרוטה בים או במים מתוקים בארצות צפוניות - מרבים לדוג אותו‬

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char broil	Char Broil 480
char griller	Char Broil Performance 360