From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
char
n 1: a charred substance
2: 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" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman,
cleaning lady, woman]
3: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
[syn: char, charr]
v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest
fire will char everything" [syn: char, coal]
2: 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" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]