char

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

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

II - verb

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  charr, charwoman, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman, blacken, sear, scorch, coal