Definition of "char" in English

verb

1. (ergative) To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.

   • I charred the wood.
   • The wood charred.

2. (transitive) To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.

   • The fire charred her down to the bone.

3. (transitive) To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.

   • The chef charred the scallops just right.

noun

1. A charred substance.

noun

1. Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

   • Among other native delicacies, they give you fresh char.

noun

1. (obsolete) A time; a turn or occasion.

2. (obsolete) A turn of work; a labour or item of business.

3. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.

4. A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.

   • I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn't come.

verb

1. (obsolete) To turn, especially away or aside.

2. To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.

   • Her husband had been a soldier, and from a grateful country she received a pension large enough to keep her from starvation, and by charring and doing such odd jobs as she could get she earned a little extra to supply herself with liquor.

3. (obsolete) To perform; to do; to finish.

4. To work or hew (stone, etc.)

noun

1. (computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).

   • .NET uses the Unicode character set in which each char constant or variable takes up two bytes (16 bits) of storage.

2. (colloquial) A character (being involved in the action of a story).

noun

1. (British) Alternative form of cha (“tea”).