What (who) is char - definition
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CHAR; Char (disambiguation)
char
(chars, charring, charred)
1.
If food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking.
Toast hazelnuts on a baking sheet until the skins char...
Halve the peppers and char the skins under a hot grill.
VERB: V, V n
• charring
The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring.
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2.
see also charred
char
<programming> /keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character.
Especially used by C programmers, as "char" is C's
typename for character data.
[Jargon File ]
(1994-11-29)
char
char1 [t??:]
¦ verb (chars, charring, charred) partially burn so as to blacken the surface.
¦ noun charred material.
Origin
C17: appar. a back-form. from charcoal.
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char2 Brit. [t??:]
informal
¦ noun a charwoman.
¦ verb (chars, charring, charred) work as a charwoman.
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char3 [t??:]
(also cha [t??:])
¦ noun Brit. informal tea.
Origin
C16 (as cha): from Chin. (Mandarin dialect) cha.
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char4
¦ noun variant spelling of charr.
Pronunciation examples for char
1. Thanks, Char.
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2. RICK MOONEN: Arctic char.
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3. I love Arctic char.
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4. So you char chile.
Wurst of Lucky Peach _ Chris Ying _ Talks at Google
5. SHEILA BOWMAN: Arctic char.
Cooking Sustainable Seafood _ Rick Moonen _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of char
1. "It was lovely char–grilled squid," I reminded him brightly.
2. In London, Rice told reporters Sunday that the draft char...
3. His aides say he pleaded not guilty to multiple char...
4. The fire was spreading on its southwest side Monday, fire information officer Char Fuller said.
5. The explosion took place in Char Soo and injured four people including a child, officials say.