Word: char
Word origin: late 17th century: apparently a back-formation from charcoal.
Phonetic:
tʃɑːListen:
partially burn so as to blacken the surface. Example: a region charred by bush fires
material that has been charred. Example: she trimmed the char from the wicks of the oil lamps
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