char¹ /chär/

To reduce (wood) to carbon

To scorch

A substance, eg charcoal, resulting from charring

charrˈy adjective

Relating to charcoal

charˈbroil or charˈgrill transitive verb

To grill over charcoal

charˈbroiled or charˈgrilled adjective

char² /chär/ or chare /chār/

1. An occasional piece of work, an odd job
2. (in pl) household work
3. A charwoman

1. To do odd jobs of work
2. To do house-cleaning

To do, accomplish

charˈwoman or charˈlady noun

A woman employed to do rough cleaning

char³ /chär/ (slang)

Tea

char⁴ or charr /chär/

Any fish of the genus Salvelinus, of the salmon family, found in mountain lakes and rivers

char⁵ /chär/

(on the Indian subcontinent) a newly-formed island created by the deposition of silt in the channel of a large river, eg the Ganges

• stocks and stones
• stock-still
• stocktake
• stocktakes
• stocktaking
• stocktakings
• stock whip
• stock whips
• stockwork
• stockworks
• stocky
• stockyard
• stockyards
• stodge
• stodged
• stodger
• stodgers
• stodges
• stodgier
• stodgiest
• stodgily
• stodginess
• stodginesses
• stodging
• stodgy