as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
a busy executive who leaves most of the cooking and cleaning to the char
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Recent Examples of char
Randy Graham, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
As smoke from her grill blew in all different directions, Dida Griffin flipped several patties and sausages, checking to see which had developed the right char.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Jade Walker, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Legend has it that the discovery came either from a warehouse fire that charred his casks or from experimenting with reusing sugar barrels by burning them clean.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Noun
This will give them a nice char and ensure they’re cooked all the way through.
—Randy Graham, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
As smoke from her grill blew in all different directions, Dida Griffin flipped several patties and sausages, checking to see which had developed the right char.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
According to Cal Fire, the Pickett Fire has charred about 10 square miles of Napa County.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Legend has it that the discovery came either from a warehouse fire that charred his casks or from experimenting with reusing sugar barrels by burning them clean.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for char
Noun
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The best bit for the housekeepers?—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The scorching-hot Gonzalez exited with knee soreness, the Red Sox announced.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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This is a big deal as the new process requires no crushing pressure or scorching heat.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ella Beaty will play Lizzie, while Rebecca Hall will play Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby, and Vicky Krieps will play Bridget Sullvan, a maid in the Borden household.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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More people bake bread, repair bicycles, or keep chickens.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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So, feel free to bake your favorite frittata and then freeze it for later, worry-free.—
Sian Babish,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Speaking of burnout, that was the ultimate destination for the generation that came before, singed by their naive belief that adopting a neo-Stakhanovite approach to work and careers would pay off.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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The blooms on the same bush look burnt and singed.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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This elegant establishment has an expansive menu with shrimp and clam linguine, cioppino, and steaks seared to perfection.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ben Hania lights a connective fuse between documentary and drama, using the actual recordings of the panicked girl and the emergency workers — the latter played by actors who hold the screen with pulsing immediacy.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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Everyone's got something that lights them up.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Char.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/char. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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