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Meaning of char

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  char
      n 1: a charred substance
      2: 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" [syn: {charwoman}, {char}, {cleaning woman},
         {cleaning lady}, {woman}]
      3: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
         [syn: {char}, {charr}]
      v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest
           fire will char everything" [syn: {char}, {coal}]
      2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
         cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
         ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
         ceiling" [syn: {char}, {blacken}, {sear}, {scorch}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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