| Char 1. (n.) Alt. of Charr. 2. (n.) A car; a chariot. 3. (n.) Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. 4. (v. t.) Alt. of Chare 5. (v. i.) Alt. of Chare 6. (n.) To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder. 7. (n.) To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood. Thesaurus Entries blaze, blister, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, chare, charwoman, chore, cleaner, cleaner-off, cleaner-up, cleaning lady, cleaning man, cleaning woman, coal, crack, cupel, custodian, do chars, do the chores, flame, found, janitor, janitress, labor, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, scorch, sear, singe, solder, swinge, torrefy, turn a hand, vesicate, vulcanize, weld, work |