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Added 2 October 2026

char

/t͡ʃɑː/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about char at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A charred substance.
A human female employed to do housework.
the char will clean the carpet
Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus.

verb

Burn to charcoal.
Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
The cook blackened the chicken breast

Origin

Back-formation from charcoal.

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