Noun

• S: (n) char (a charred substance)
• S: (n) charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman (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"
• S: (n) char, charr (any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus)

Verb

• S: (v) char, coal (burn to charcoal) "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
• S: (v) char, blacken, sear, scorch (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"