char
1. a charred substance • Hypernyms: carbon, C, atomic number 6 • Hyponyms: bone black, bone char, animal black, animal charcoal, snuff 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, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman • Hypernyms: cleaner 3. any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus • Syn: charr • Hypernyms: salmonid • Hyponyms: Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus • Member Holonyms: Salvelinus, genus Salvelinus
1. burn to charcoal - Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything • Syn: coal • Derivationally related forms: coal (for: coal) • Hypernyms: burn, combust • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 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: blacken, sear, scorch • Derivationally related forms: scorch (for: scorch) • Topics: cooking, cookery, preparation • Hypernyms: burn • Hyponyms: singe, swinge • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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