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How to pronounce char in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blacken, scorch, sear
Type of burn
Has types swinge, singe


The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece.
Type Words
Synonyms charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman
Type of cleaner


the char will clean the carpet.
Type Words
Synonyms charr
Type of salmonid
Has types salvelinus alpinus, arctic char
Type Words
Synonyms coal
Type of combust, burn


Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything.
Type Words
Type of carbon, atomic number 6, c
Has types bone char, animal black, animal charcoal, bone black, snuff

Examples of char

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Char peppers directly over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides.
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Char the skins of the chiles, turning them as they blister and blacken all over.
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That's a steep price for a stringy, tough cut with little char and no seasoning.
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This ensures that the second side doesn't get done too quickly or char too much.
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Cod and arctic char, both commercially important fish, could expand their range.
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The arctic char with heirloom beans comes next, a rustic pairing fit for winter.
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Char told me that my grandmother Mama Ann was going to fall and break something.
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They're gamier, with a different flavored char and a less consistent chewiness.
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Slightly better were grilled shrimp, their sweetness accentuated by a light char.
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More examples
  • A charred substance
  • 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"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
  • Charwoman: 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"
  • Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
  • Char is the solid material that remains after light gases (e.g. coal gas) and tar (e.g. coal tar) have been driven-out or released from a carbonaceous material, during the initial stage of combustion, which is known as carbonization, charring, devolatilization or pyrolysis. ...
  • The Koprulu Sector is the main setting for games and books about the fictional StarCraft universe. This sector of space was colonized by Terrans, near the edges of Protoss space. It is situated on the galactic fringe of the Milky Way, 60,000 light years from planet Earth. ...
  • 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 kmu00B2 (0.386 squ00A0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
  • A time; a turn or occasion; a turn of work; a labour or item of business; an odd job, a chore or piece of housework; a charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady; to turn, especially away or aside; to work, especially to do housework