to char
- verb
- /tʃɑr/
- If you char the meat properly, it will have a delicious smoky flavor.
- char wood
- char a building
- charred remains
But you can also, you can also char it and make a nice salsa.
- But you can also, you can also char it and make a nice salsa.
Examples
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Tonight we have charred venison with buckwheat spaetzle and green peppercorn.
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The swimming pool is lit, and there's smoke and the smell of charred meat coming from the stone barbecue.
Fiction book (1994) -
But you can also, you can also char it and make a nice salsa.
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And the octopus needs to be charred for at least...
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We char these up with a little bit of sesame oil and then throw them into just a tad bit of rice vinegar and char them up and blister them.
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You should char the vegetables on the grill until they are tender and smoky.
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To enhance the flavor, char the edges of the fish before serving it.
Synonyms
To be on fire or damage something with heat
To burn something quickly with very strong heat until it turns brown or black
To burn the surface slightly and make a brown mark
To cook food at high heat so its outside becomes dark and slightly burnt
Burn the surface of something lightly with heat or flame
To cook food over hot coals or an open flame to give it a slightly charred, smoky taste
To burn something until it becomes black and hard
To burn something lightly on the surface
To burn the surface of something slightly with heat
Compounds
- Specialized
A black material made by burning animal bones used to colour or filter liquids
How Burnt
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb char means 'to burn' or 'blacken' and comes from an old word with the same idea; think of charcoal to remember it, because charring makes things black like charcoal, and so to char food is to burn its surface.