[chahr] 
verb, charred, char⋅ring, noun | 1. | to burn or reduce to charcoal: The fire charred the paper. |
| 2. | to burn slightly; scorch: The flame charred the steak. |
| 3. | to become charred. |
| 4. | a charred material or surface. |
| 5. | charcoal. |
| 6. | a superior carbon-rich fuel, a by-product of the conversion of coal into gaseous or liquid fuel. |
[chahr] 
) char, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) chars. | any trout of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the Arctic char. |
[chahr] noun, verb, charred, char⋅ring. Chiefly British| 1. | a charwoman. |
| 2. | a task, esp. a household chore. |
| 3. | chars, odd jobs, esp. of housework, for which one is paid by the hour or day. |
| 4. | to work at housecleaning by the day or hour; hire oneself out to do odd jobs. |
| 5. | to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair. |
[shar] | Re⋅né [ruh-ney] , 1907–1988, French poet. |
| 1. | character. |
| 2. | charter. |
| char 1 (chär) v. charred, char·ring, chars v. tr.
[Back-formation from charcoal.] |
| char 2 also charr (chär) n. pl. char or chars also charr or charrs Any of several fishes of the genus Salvelinus, especially the arctic char, related to the trout and salmon. [Origin unknown.] |
| char 3 (chär) n. A charwoman. intr.v. charred, char·ring, chars To work as a charwoman. [Middle English, a piece of work, from Old English cierr, a turning.] |
char programming
/keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character. Especially used by C programmers, as "char" is C's typename for character data.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-29)
