CHARK
- to char (to scorch (to burn slightly)) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- the carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic substances in the absence of air
- to char (to burn slightly) [v CHARKED, CHARKING, CHARKS]
- the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals
- to char; convert into coke