char

any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus

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

a charred substance

burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

The cook blackened the chicken breast

The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece

burn to charcoal

Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything