Char
verb
To burn something slightly or on its surface.
She accidentally charred the vegetables when she left them on the stove for too long.
Often appears as...
- charred vegetables
- char the food
noun
A black substance made by burning wood or other material.
The fire left a char on the bottom of the pan.
Often appears as...
- char of wood
- char from burning
noun
A type of freshwater fish related to salmon and trout.
He caught a large char during the fishing trip.
Often appears as...
- catch a char
- ardent char fishing
noun
A person who cleans houses as a job.
He hired a char to maintain the cleanliness of his house when he's not around.
Often appears as...
- hire a char
- char for cleaning
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To clean houses as a job.
She chars for a few families in the neighborhood.
Often appears as...
- char for a family
- char in the neighborhood
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To burn something slightly or on its surface.
She accidentally charred the vegetables when she left them on the stove for too long.
Often appears as...
- charred vegetables
- char the food
noun
A black substance made by burning wood or other material.
The fire left a char on the bottom of the pan.
Often appears as...
- char of wood
- char from burning
noun
A type of freshwater fish related to salmon and trout.
He caught a large char during the fishing trip.
Often appears as...
- catch a char
- ardent char fishing
noun
A person who cleans houses as a job.
He hired a char to maintain the cleanliness of his house when he's not around.
Often appears as...
- hire a char
- char for cleaning
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To clean houses as a job.
She chars for a few families in the neighborhood.
Often appears as...
- char for a family
- char in the neighborhood
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Slight Burning
Refers to partial burning, surface may turn black or brown but not entirely burnt.
Be careful not to char the toast; it should be golden, not black.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated with Cooking
Commonly used in culinary contexts where food gets slightly burnt.
Never leave the grill unattended or you might char the steak.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Slight charring can be intentional for flavor, such as with charred peppers.
Chef instructed to char the peppers just enough to enhance their smoky taste.
Pro Tip 1/3Slight Burning
Refers to partial burning, surface may turn black or brown but not entirely burnt.
Be careful not to char the toast; it should be golden, not black.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated with Cooking
Commonly used in culinary contexts where food gets slightly burnt.
Never leave the grill unattended or you might char the steak.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Slight charring can be intentional for flavor, such as with charred peppers.
Chef instructed to char the peppers just enough to enhance their smoky taste.
Pro Tip 1/3Slight Burning
Refers to partial burning, surface may turn black or brown but not entirely burnt.
Be careful not to char the toast; it should be golden, not black.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated with Cooking
Commonly used in culinary contexts where food gets slightly burnt.
Never leave the grill unattended or you might char the steak.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Slight charring can be intentional for flavor, such as with charred peppers.
Chef instructed to char the peppers just enough to enhance their smoky taste.
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Safari Live - Day 230 PIPE...
which we are we ran out of time to try and follow but maybe we'll have some luck a little bit later she has been of a char this week or maybe we just been too busy with other things but so fantastic to be with the wild dogs and they have been in the north as I said to be hopefully we'll get to them but
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The IT women of...
well that borders doesn't mean anything for me the real char Ward is important because it gave me an identity I could come online and share my stories with people and then yeah communication without borders when there is no geographical boundaries people in a second can go to different places in the
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Elephant Murder? PIPE...
have failed in their role as the elephant's protector and there will be uproar in the media I figured out of Dixie I'm addicted many of the forest department's theories about the case have already been called into question although the authorities report the elephants have areas of charred skin
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How I'm discovering the...
with a plan and a plea. And to my surprise, he actually wrote back. With his help, I was able to win a grant from the US government to build a transportable, multispectral imaging lab, And with this lab, I transformed what was a charred and faded mess into a new medieval classic.
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
I do not know what to be ugly out here and I'm talking over the other for that people call the ugly five you also got hyenas and what hogs the world chars and the wildebeest I would agree with you she's a dream that none of these animals is ugly but they are all different
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The science of spiciness...
More recently, a 6,000 year old crockpot, lined with charred fish and meat, also contained mustard. One theory says that humans starting adding spices to food to kill off bacteria. And some studies show that spice developed mostly in warmer climates
Video examples
Can seaweed help curb...
to distribute the seaweed across vast areas of the ocean, rather than creating a big stinking pile in one place. It may be that we'll need to char the seaweed -- so create a sort of an inert, mineral biochar before we dispatch it into the deep.
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
in fact in a dead laid wood and we drove from central just after giraffe that when we went back towards the Milwaukee and is that a chubby nyan you can have a look at the char medium while I tell you the story no communion I'm gonna take
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Danica Patrick Eats a...
--this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever. But if you cook them and you barbecue them up, then it's perfect. Thank God for the fire because that's going to make the scorpion taste just like char
Video examples
The Skin Gun PIPE National...
severe second-degree burns this photo shows what a second-degree burn looks like the arm kind of look like a piece of charred meat like like a hot dog that was left on a griddle too long the doctor said that I might be a candidate
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 230 PIPE...
which we are we ran out of time to try and follow but maybe we'll have some luck a little bit later she has been of a char this week or maybe we just been too busy with other things but so fantastic to be with the wild dogs and they have been in the north as I said to be hopefully we'll get to them but
Video examples
The IT women of...
well that borders doesn't mean anything for me the real char Ward is important because it gave me an identity I could come online and share my stories with people and then yeah communication without borders when there is no geographical boundaries people in a second can go to different places in the
Video examples
Elephant Murder? PIPE...
have failed in their role as the elephant's protector and there will be uproar in the media I figured out of Dixie I'm addicted many of the forest department's theories about the case have already been called into question although the authorities report the elephants have areas of charred skin
Video examples
How I'm discovering the...
with a plan and a plea. And to my surprise, he actually wrote back. With his help, I was able to win a grant from the US government to build a transportable, multispectral imaging lab, And with this lab, I transformed what was a charred and faded mess into a new medieval classic.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
I do not know what to be ugly out here and I'm talking over the other for that people call the ugly five you also got hyenas and what hogs the world chars and the wildebeest I would agree with you she's a dream that none of these animals is ugly but they are all different
Video examples
The science of spiciness...
More recently, a 6,000 year old crockpot, lined with charred fish and meat, also contained mustard. One theory says that humans starting adding spices to food to kill off bacteria. And some studies show that spice developed mostly in warmer climates
Video examples
Can seaweed help curb...
to distribute the seaweed across vast areas of the ocean, rather than creating a big stinking pile in one place. It may be that we'll need to char the seaweed -- so create a sort of an inert, mineral biochar before we dispatch it into the deep.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
in fact in a dead laid wood and we drove from central just after giraffe that when we went back towards the Milwaukee and is that a chubby nyan you can have a look at the char medium while I tell you the story no communion I'm gonna take
Video examples
Danica Patrick Eats a...
--this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever. But if you cook them and you barbecue them up, then it's perfect. Thank God for the fire because that's going to make the scorpion taste just like char
Video examples
The Skin Gun PIPE National...
severe second-degree burns this photo shows what a second-degree burn looks like the arm kind of look like a piece of charred meat like like a hot dog that was left on a griddle too long the doctor said that I might be a candidate
Example 1 of 10
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Anita Shreve
American Writer
I have spent many hours on the beach collecting sea glass, and I almost always wonder, as I bend to pick up chunk of bottle green or a shard of meringue white, what the history of the glass was. Who used it? Was it a medicine bottle? A bit of a ship's lantern? Is that bubbled piece of glass with the charred bits inside it from a fire?
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
For the timid or uninitiated, leaf-wrapped foods offer an ideal and gentle introduction to fire cooking. Liberated from the need to worry about whether the fish is sticking to the grill or burning, pay attention instead to the rate of browning on the surface of the leaf, which you'll get to discard whether it chars or remains pale.
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Jill Scott
American Musician
I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.
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Guy Fieri
American Businessman
There's nothing that can replicate the smoky flavor of char, so when I've got the hankering for it, I tell my wife that I'm taking care of dinner. I have three different types of barbecues - a coal, gas and smoker - so I can experiment a lot.
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Jamie Oliver
British Chef
My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant.
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Marcela Valladolid
American Chef
The combination of charred poblanos and corn is a classic one in Mexico and once added to a rich, creamy dressing and soft potatoes, it makes for the perfect summer side.
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Jonathan Miles
Grilling grapes may sound crazy, but the smoky, blistered char they get from a few minutes on the fire gives them a deep, winelike character.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
While a pot of boiling water may not offer the char or smoke of a grill, it does give the cook an advantage when it comes to seasoning food.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes.
Quote examples
Anita Shreve
American Writer
I have spent many hours on the beach collecting sea glass, and I almost always wonder, as I bend to pick up chunk of bottle green or a shard of meringue white, what the history of the glass was. Who used it? Was it a medicine bottle? A bit of a ship's lantern? Is that bubbled piece of glass with the charred bits inside it from a fire?
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
For the timid or uninitiated, leaf-wrapped foods offer an ideal and gentle introduction to fire cooking. Liberated from the need to worry about whether the fish is sticking to the grill or burning, pay attention instead to the rate of browning on the surface of the leaf, which you'll get to discard whether it chars or remains pale.
Quote examples
Jill Scott
American Musician
I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.
Quote examples
Guy Fieri
American Businessman
There's nothing that can replicate the smoky flavor of char, so when I've got the hankering for it, I tell my wife that I'm taking care of dinner. I have three different types of barbecues - a coal, gas and smoker - so I can experiment a lot.
Quote examples
Jamie Oliver
British Chef
My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant.
Quote examples
Marcela Valladolid
American Chef
The combination of charred poblanos and corn is a classic one in Mexico and once added to a rich, creamy dressing and soft potatoes, it makes for the perfect summer side.
Quote examples
Jonathan Miles
Grilling grapes may sound crazy, but the smoky, blistered char they get from a few minutes on the fire gives them a deep, winelike character.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
While a pot of boiling water may not offer the char or smoke of a grill, it does give the cook an advantage when it comes to seasoning food.
Quote examples
Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes.
Example 1 of 9
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