Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
CHAR
char, charr
(noun) any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman
(noun) 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”
char
(noun) a charred substance
char, blacken, sear, scorch
(verb) 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”
char, coal
(verb) burn to charcoal; “Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
char (third-person singular simple present chars, present participle charring, simple past and past participle charred)
(ergative) To burn something to charcoal.
To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
Synonyms
• coal
• blacken, scorch, sear, singe
Noun
char (plural chars or char)
A charred substance.
Synonyms
• charcoal
Etymology 2
Noun
char (plural chars or char)
One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.
Etymology 3
Noun
char (plural chars)
(obsolete) A time; a turn or occasion.
(obsolete) A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
Synonyms
• charlady
• charwoman
• cleaning lady
• cleaning woman
Verb
char (third-person singular simple present chars, present participle charring or charing, simple past and past participle charred or chared)
(obsolete) To turn, especially away or aside.
To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
(obsolete) To perform; to do; to finish.
To work or hew (stone, etc.).
Etymology 4
Noun
char (plural chars)
(computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
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Etymology 5
Noun
char (uncountable)
(British) Alternative form of cha (tea)
Anagrams
• -arch, ARCH, Arch, Rach, arch, arch-, arch., rach
Etymology
Shortening.
Proper noun
Char
A nickname for Charlotte
A a pet name for Charlene
Anagrams
• -arch, ARCH, Arch, Rach, arch, arch-, arch., rach
Source: Wiktionary
Char, Charr, n. Etym: [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit., red, blood- colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red belly.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.
Char, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A car; a chariot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Char, n. Etym: [OE. cherr, char a turning, time, work, AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, occasion, business, fr. cerran, cyrran, to turn; akin to OS. kërian, OHG. chëran, G. kehren. Cf. Chore, Ajar.]
Definition: Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. Shak.
Char, Chare, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Char.]
1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] Nores. Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband. Old Proverb.
2. To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.
Char, Chare, v. i.
Definition: To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
Char, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charred; p. pr. & vb. n. Charring.] Etym: [Prob. the same word as char to perform (see Char, n.), the modern use coming from charcoal, prop. coal-turned, turned to coal.]
1. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
2. To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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