char

US /tʃɑːr/

UK /tʃɑːr/

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char

partially burn (an object) so as to blacken its surface.

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their bodies were badly charred in the fire

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scorch burn singe sear blacken discolor toast carbonize calcine

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char

material that has been charred.

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she trimmed the char from the wicks of the oil lamps

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