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
Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
And when it is charred a little bit, don’t let that scare you.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 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
So far this year, nearly two dozen large wildfires have charred roughly 218,000 acres in Colorado, mostly on the Western Slope.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
And when it is charred a little bit, don’t let that scare you.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for char
Noun
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The first glimpse of the movie showed Nina interviewing Millie for a live-in housekeeper job at the family's gorgeous mansion.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Other things to take a look at include light switches and clocks, says Denise Perry, executive housekeeper at the Brenton Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The resulting scorching ash cloud reached as high as 16 miles into the atmosphere, darkening the sky and causing homes and businesses as far as 300 miles away to close.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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With cold winters and scorching summers, many wineries harvest the grapes at night when temperatures are cooler to prevent fermentation before the grapes can be processed.—
Lauren David,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Davina goes out to fetch her, Julia is worried that Lovat is going to try the ol’ sneak-attack-wedding maneuver, but the maid reassures her that’s not the case.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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Toss it into your favorite salad, bake it into a cobbler, or serve fresh slices as is to remind everyone that #teambonrad is endgame.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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More people bake bread, repair bicycles, or keep chickens.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
10 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 20 Sep. 2025.
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