char

n. cleaning woman

v. scorch, singe, burn; be scorched; do cleaning work

Char is the solid material that remains after light gases (eg.Coal gas) and tar (eg.Coal 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. Further stages of efficient combustion (with or without char deposits) are known as gasification reactions, ending quickly when the reversible gas phase water gas shift reaction reaches equilibrium.
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Noun
1. a charred substance
(hypernym) carbon, C, atomic number 6
(hyponym) bone black, bone char, animal black, animal charcoal
(derivation) coal
2. a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet"
(synonym) charwoman, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman
(hypernym) cleaner
3. any of several small-scaled trout
(hypernym) salmonid
(hyponym) Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus
(member-holonym) Salvelinus, genus Salvelinus
Verb
1. burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
(synonym) coal
(hypernym) burn, combust
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"
(synonym) blacken, scorch
(hypernym) burn
(hyponym) singe, swinge
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation

n. tank, chariot, float

(v. t.)
Alt. of Chare
  

(v. i.)
Alt. of Chare
  

(n.)
Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore.
  

(n.)
To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
  

(n.)
To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.
  

(n.)
Alt. of Charr
  

(n.)
A car; a chariot.