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char

verb [I or T] (BURN)
 
 
/tʃɑːr/ US  /tʃɑːr/ (-rr-)

Definition

to burn and become black or to burn something so that it becomes black: Grill the peppers until the skin starts to char.Burning, burnt and on fire
(Definition of char verb (BURN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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