A charred substance.

A human female employed to do housework:
— The char will clean the carpet.

synoniemen: charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman.

Nederlands: hulp in de huishouding, werkster, schoonmaakster, poetsvrouw
Pools: ukrainka

Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus.

synoniem: charr.

Burn to charcoal:
— Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything.

synoniem: coal.

Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color:
— The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece.

synoniemen: blacken, scorch, sear.

Roget 384: heat, warm, chafe, stive^†, foment; make hot etc. 382; sun oneself, sunbathe.    go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame) 382.    fire; set fire to, set on fire; kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light; apply the match to, apply the torch to; rekindle, relume^†; fan the flame, add fuel to the flame; poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire; make a bonfire of.    melt, thaw, fuse; liquefy etc. 335.    burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy^†, scorch; brand, cauterize, sear, burn in; corrode, char, calcine, incinerate; smelt, scorify^†; reduce to ashes; burn to a cinder; commit to the flames, consign to the flames.    boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer; do to rags.    take fire, catch fire; blaze etc. (flame) 382.    ... meer laten zien