char

a charred substance

a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus

burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"

burn 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"