char

Meaning

1. To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
2. To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.
3. To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
4. A charred substance.
5. Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.
6. A time; a turn or occasion.
7. A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
8. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
9. A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
10. To turn, especially away or aside.
11. To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
12. To perform; to do; to finish.
13. To work or hew (stone, etc.)
14. A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
15. A character (being involved in the action of a story).
16. Alternative form of cha (“tea”).
17. A nickname for Charlotte
18. A nickname for Charlene
19. A short river in west Dorset, England; in full, the River Char.

Etymology / origin

Back-formation from charcoal.

Related words

Descendant words

• khèar(Cimbrian) (cog)
• Kehre(German) (cog)

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