Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)chara charred substance (n)charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning ladya human female employed to do housework“the char will clean the carpet”,
“Oh, good. The cleaning lady came, so I don't have to be embarrassed.” (The Girlfriend Experience (via CoCA)) (n)char, charrany of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus Verbs
(v)char, coalburn to charcoal“Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything” (v)char, blacken, sear, scorchburn slightly and superficially so as to affect color“The cook blackened the chicken breast”,
“The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece”,
“the flames scorched the ceiling” 