All char synonyms
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C c verb char
- burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- singe — to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- scorch — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- sear — to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
- cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
noun char
- coal — Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
- cleaner — A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
- culm — coal-mine waste
- scoria — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- charcoal — Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with.