char

n 1: a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the

carpet" [syn: {charwoman}, {cleaning woman}, {cleaning

lady}, {woman}]

2: any of several small-scaled trout

v 1: burn to charcoal [syn: {coal}]

2: burn so as to affect color or taste; "blackened chicken

breast"; "The ceiling above the fireplace was charred"

[syn: {blacken}, {scorch}]

char

/keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character.

Especially used by {C} programmers, as "char" is {C}'s

typename for character data.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-11-29)