| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  chär |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: charred, char·ring, chars
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To burn the surface of; scorch. 2. To reduce to carbon or charcoal by incomplete combustion. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To become scorched. 2. To become reduced to carbon or charcoal. See synonyms at burn1. | | NOUN: | A substance that has been scorched, burned, or reduced to charcoal. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Back-formation from charcoal.
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