Meaning & use
char
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To burn something so that its surface turns black, without destroying it completely.
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The campers let the marshmallows char slightly over the open flame.
Fire had charred the wooden beams but the house's frame still stood.
A note on using this word
"Char" implies partial, surface-level burning that leaves a blackened layer, unlike "incinerate," which means to burn something completely to ash.
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scorchsinge
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A freshwater or saltwater fish related to salmon and trout.
The lake is known for its population of Arctic char.
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