
Char
Char appears in the following palindromes (phrases that read the same backward as forward):
- No char one made: yes, we Jews eyed a menorah, Con.
- "Trap mildew or char one menorah!" crowed limp Art.
Distribution of usage frequency for the most common synonyms of the noun char:
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- Definition of the noun char
- Definition of the verb char
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- Characters
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Definition of the noun char
What does char mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: chars (charwoman) / char (fish) / chars (fish)
- a charred substance
- lexical domain: Substances - nouns denoting substances
- more generic terms: atomic number 6 / C / carbon = an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond
- more specific terms:
- animal charcoal / animal black / bone black / bone char = black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone
- snuff = the charred portion of a candlewick
- a human female employed to do housework
- example: the char will clean the carpet
- lexical domain: People - nouns denoting people
- synonyms of char: charwoman / cleaning lady / cleaning woman / woman
- more generic word: cleaner = someone whose occupation is cleaning
- any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
- lexical domain: Animals - nouns denoting animals
- synonym of char: charr
- more generic word: salmonid = soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
- more specific terms: Salvelinus alpinus / Arctic char = small trout of northern waters
- member of: genus Salvelinus / Salvelinus = brook trout
Alternative definition of the noun char
noun
- [obsolete] a time; a turn or occasion
- synonym: charlady
- [obsolete] a turn of work; a labour or item of business
- synonym: charwoman
- an odd job, a chore or piece of housework
- synonym: cleaning lady
- a charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady
- synonym: cleaning woman
- One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus or the brook trout. Scientific name: Salvelinus fontinalis.
- A charred substance
- synonym: charcoal
- [computing, programming] A character (text element such as a letter or symbol), whose data size is commonly one byte.
- [UK, Commonwealth] tea (drink)
Definition of the verb char
What does char mean as a doing word?
verb - inflections: charred, charring
- burn to charcoal
- example: Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
- syntax:
Syntactic formula Example for the syntactic formula [Agent - intentional control] [Verb] [Patient] Bill dried the clothes [Agent - intentional control] [Verb] [Patient] [Adjective] The clothes dried wrinkled [Agent - intentional control] [Verb] [Patient] [Adjective] with [Instrument] Tony broke the piggy bank open with a hammer [Agent - intentional control] [Verb] [Patient] to / into [Oblique, state] Tony broke the glass to pieces [Agent - intentional control] [Verb] [Patient] to / into [Oblique, state] with [Instrument] Tony broke the glass to pieces with a hammer [Agent - intentional control] [Verb] [Patient] with [Instrument] Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer [Instrument] [Verb] [Patient] The hairdryer dried the clothes [Patient] [Verb] The clothes dried | The roses bloomed [Patient] [Verb] [Adjective] Piggy banks break open [Patient] [Verb] [Adjective] with [Instrument] Piggy banks break open with a hammer [Patient] [Verb] [Adverb] Copper rods bend easily | Cotton clothes dry easily | Crystal vases break easily | Idaho potatoes bake beautifully [Patient] [Verb] to / into [Oblique, state] Glasses break to pieces [Patient] [Verb] to / into [Oblique, state] with [Instrument] Glasses break to pieces with a rock Verbs of Change of State (with the same syntax): abase, abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, accelerate, acetify, acidify, activate, advance, age, agglomerate, air, alkalify, alter, ameliorate, americanize, amplify, anesthetize, anglicize, animate, apostatize, atomize, attenuate, augment, awake, awaken, balance, beautify, bedew, bifurcate, bisect, blacken, blast, bleach, bloody, blunt, blur, bolshevize, botch, brighten, broaden, burn, burst, calcify, capacitate, capsize, caramelize, carbonize, castrate, categorize, catholicize, cauterize, change, cheapen, chill, chlorinate, christianize, circumcise, civilize, clean, clear, clog, close, clouded, coagulate, coarsen, collapse, collect, commercialize, compress, condense, constrict, constringe, construct, contract, cool, correct, corrode, corrugate, corrupt, cremate, crimson, crisp, crumble, crystallize, curdle, dampen, darken, de-escalate, deafen, decelerate, decentralize, decrease, deepen, deflate, defrost, degenerate, degrade, dehumidify, dehydrate, demagnetize, demobilize, democratize, depressurize, desalinate, desiccate, destabilize, deteriorate, detonate, devalue, diffract, diffuse, dilate, dilute, dim, diminish, dirty, disintegrate, dislocate, disorganize, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, diversify, divide, domesticate, double, drain, dry, dull, ease, effeminate, emaciate, emasculate, embitter, embrocate, empty, emulsify, energize, enhance, enlarge, equalize, equilibrate, eternalize, europeanize, evaporate, even, expand, explode, fade, famish, fatten, federate, feminize, fertilize, fill, firm, flatten, flood, fossilize, fray, freeze, freshen, frost, fructify, fuse, gasify, gelatinize, gladden, granulate, gray, grow, halt, harden, harmonize, hasten, heal, heat, heighten, humidify, hush, hybridize, hydrogenate, ignite, improve, incinerate, increase, incubate, inflate, intensify, invert, iodize, ionize, kindle, laminate, lengthen, lessen, level, levitate, light, lighten, lignify, liquefy, loop, loose, loosen, macerate, magnetize, magnify, mature, mechanize, mellow, melt, mineralize, mobilize, moderate, modernize, modulate, moisten, motorize, muddy, multiply, mute, narrow, nasalize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, nitrify, normalize, objectify, obscure, open, operate, ossify, overturn, oxidize, pale, paralyze, pasteurize, perfect, petrify, polarize, polymerize, pop, popularize, proliferate, propagate, publicize, pulverize, purify, purple, putrefy, quadruple, quicken, quiet, quieten, rarefy, reanimate, redden, regularize, rekindle, reopen, reproduce, resuscitate, reverse, revive, ripen, roughen, rupture, saponify, scorch, sear, secularize, sharpen, short, short-circuit, shorten, shrink, shrivel, shush, shut, sicken, silence, silver, singe, sink, slack, slacken, slim, slow, smooth, soak, sober, soften, solidify, sour, sovietize, sprout, stabilize, standardize, steady, steep, steepen, sterilize, stiffen, stratify, strengthen, submerge, subside, sunburn, sweeten, tame, tan, taper, tauten, tense, thaw, thicken, thin, tighten, tilt, tire, topple, toughen, tousle, tranquilize, treble, triple, ulcerate, unionize, urbanize, vaporize, vary, ventilate, vibrate, vitrify, volatilize, vulcanize, wake, waken, warm, weaken, westernize, wet, whiten, widen, worsen, yellow.
- lexical domain: Weather - verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
- synonym of char: coal
- more generic words: burn / combust = cause to burn or combust
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
- syntax: the same syntax as for the sense 1
- domain: cookery / cooking / preparation
- lexical domain: Change - verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- synonyms of char: blacken / scorch / sear
- more generic word: burn = damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
- more specific words: swinge / singe = burn superficially or lightly
People
- Char is a musical artist, musician.
- born on (59 years ago)
- member of musical groups:
- read more about Char (musical artist)
- Char a.k.a. Charlene Biton is an actress.
- read more about Charlene Biton (actress)
- Char a.k.a. Charlotte Bjornbak is an actress.
- read more about Charlotte Bjornbak (actress)
- Char a.k.a. Charity Beyer is an actress.
- read more about Charity Beyer (actress)
There are other people with in their name, like Char Serwa, Char Woods, Char Agosta, Char Davies, Char George, Char Miller, Char Fontane, Char Gardner, Char Margolis, Char Samuelson and many others.
Characters
- Char a.k.a. Prince Charmont is a fictional character from the 2004 film Ella Enchanted.
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- Char is a fictional character from the 1996 film The Arrival.
- in the film "The Arrival", played by Teri Polo
- Char is a fictional character in the 2013 comedy drama film Highland Park.
- in the film "Highland Park", played by Naturi Naughton
- Char is a fictional character from the 1988 film Distant Thunder.
- in the film "Distant Thunder", played by Kerrie Keane
- Char is a fictional film character.
- in the film "Strange Culture", played by Larissa Clayton
- Char a.k.a. Charlese Jones is a fictional character from The Skin I'm In.
- read more about Charlese Jones
Music
"Char" is a musical album of Char.
- released in (39 years ago)
Miscellanea
- Char is the solid material that remains after light gases and 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.
- Char is a website.
- official website: stateofhawaii.info/people/Char
Phrases with Char
Printed encyclopedias and other books with definitions for Char
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SWI Prolog Reference Manual 7.1 (2014)
by Jan Wielemaker, Leslie De Koninck, Thom Fruehwirth, Markus Triska, Marcus Uneson
The character types are inspired by the standard C <ctype.h> primitives. alpha Char is a letter (upper- or lowercase). csym...
Learning to Program the Object-oriented Way with C# (2012)
by Vinny Cahill, Donal Lafferty
represent individual characters (extract) */ struct Char { /* return true if the specified char is a lowercase letter */ public...
/* return true if the specified char is an uppercase letter */ public static bool Isupper (char ch); /* returns true if ...
High Performance MySQL (2012)
Optimization, Backups, and Replication by Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko
CHAR is useful if you want to store very short strings, or if all the values are nearly the same length. For example, CHAR is a good choice for MD5 values for user passwords, which ...
Seamus Mullen's Hero Food (2012)
How Cooking with Delicious Things Can Make Us Feel Better by Seamus Mullen
Char is a close relative to both salmon and trout; like salmon, it can survive in both fresh and salt water and thrives in very cold (arctic) waters. The flesh ranges from ivory to bright pink in color and is delicate and delicious. Much like salmon ...
Biochar for Environmental Management (2015)
Science, Technology and Implementation by Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph
Char is the PCM residue from natural fires. Charcoal is PCM produced from pyrolysis of animal or vegetable matter in kilns for use in cooking or heating, including industrial applications such as smelting. Biochar is carbonaceous material ...
The Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia (2000)
by Vin T. Sparano
COMMON NAMES: Arctic char, arctic trout, alpine trout, Quebec red trout. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Salvelinus alpinus. DESCRIPTION: The arctic char is a far- north sal- monid whose colors vary greatly. Sea-run char are quite silvery as they enter ...
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1832)
Char. Two seeds naked. Ex. Aftium. Cicuta. Crithmum. Astrantia. CLAss IX. PLANTAE DicotyLEDoNEs Poly PETALAE. Stamina hysiogyna. This class contains twenty-two orders. 1. Ranunculaceae. Char. Many seed vessels.
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia ... (1830)
by Sir David Brewster
Char. The seeds are inclosed in a pericarp. Ex. Aralia. Panar. Gastonia. 2. Umbelliferae. Char. Two seeds naked. Ex. Apium.
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Usage statistics about char
The following statistics are based on the British National Corpus, so they are representative for the British English from the later part of the 20th century, both spoken and written.
Distribution of usage frequency for the most common synonyms of the noun char:
Distribution of usage frequency for the most common synonyms of the verb char:
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Chartreuse Pear
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The murderer changed her get up
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Char - dice
A dice with chars on it
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Bertie and Char
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Char a voile
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Cathy and Char
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Char meaning and pronunciation
Fun person,hott, usually a girl, very flirtatious, awesome personality. Char definition by Urban Dictionary.
Char Meaning
Video shows what char means. A time; a turn or occasion.. A turn of work; a labour or item of business.. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.. char ...
Char Meaning
Video shows what Char means. A nickname for Charlotte. Char Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary. How to say Char. Powered by MaryTTS ...
4.1 Definition and Char of Exponential Functions
Char Cloth (See the Description Box)
Producing Char Cloth using a Sterno Stove and Aluminum Foil.
Char Language Class
NEW STORAGE TRAILER TAKASLIKTIR ! -LEADERR. ! ESL CHAR
Testing 1000 char description first second third
Trev and Char - Language Challenge
-LEADERR. STORAGE TRAILER 17.03.2015 ESL CHAR !
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Quotes about Char
Each act is virgin, even the repeated ones. (Rene Char)
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Scrabble value of C3H4A1R1
The value of this 4-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
Anagrams of CHAR
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