CHAR

Char

Char is the solid material that remains after light gases and 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.

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char

Noun

  1. A time; a turn or occasion.
  2. A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
  3. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
  4. A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
    “I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn’t come”

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus or the brook trout.
    “Among other native delicacies, they give you fresh char.”

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A charred substance.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. A character (text element such as a letter or symbol), whose data size is commonly one or several bytes.

Noun (etymology 5)

  1. tea

Verb

  1. To turn, especially away or aside.
  2. To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
  3. To perform; to do; to finish.
  4. To work or hew (stone, etc.).

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To burn something to charcoal.
  2. To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.


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