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• Char 2C — Alsace Type Super heavy tank Place of origin …   Wikipedia

• char — char1 [chär] vt., vi. charred, charring [back form. < CHARCOAL] 1. to reduce to charcoal by burning 2. to burn slightly; scorch n. anything charred; esp., charcoal SYN. BURN1 char2 …   English World dictionary

• Char cloth — (also called charpaper) is a swatch of fabric made from vegetable fiber (such as linen, cotton or jute) that has been converted via pyrolysis into a slow burning fuel of very low ignition temperature. It is capable of being ignited by a single… …   Wikipedia

• char|coal — «CHAHR KOHL», noun, verb. –n. 1. the black, brittle form of carbon made by partly burning wood, bones, or the like in a place from which the air is shut out. Charcoal is used as fuel, in filters, and as a pencil for drawing. It is often specified …   Useful english dictionary

• Burning — Burn Burn (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} (b[^u]rnd) or {Burnt} (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to OS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• char — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. burn, singe, scorch, sear, carbonize. See heat. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scorch, sear, singe, carbonize; see burn 2 , 6 . See Synonym Study at burn . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scorch, sear.… …   English dictionary for students

• char — To reduce wood to coal by burning. Anna: 1 ALR 1169, note …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• char — 1. v.tr. & intr. (charred, charring) 1 make or become black by burning; scorch. 2 burn or be burnt to charcoal. Etymology: app. back form. f. CHARCOAL 2. n. & v. Brit. colloq. n. = CHARWOMAN. v.intr. (charred, charring) work as a charwoman.… …   Useful english dictionary

• char·coal — /ˈʧɑɚˌkoʊl/ noun [noncount] 1 : a hard black material that is made by burning wood with a small amount of air ◇ Charcoal is burned for cooking food and is also made into sticks that are used for drawing pictures. hamburgers cooked over charcoal a …   Useful english dictionary

• Slash-and-char — is an alternative to slash and burn that has a lesser effect on the environment. It is the practice of charring the biomass resulting from the slashing, instead of burning it as in the slash and burn practice. In that context, charcoal can be… …   Wikipedia

• Slash-and-char — Brûlis L agriculture sur brûlis (ou brulis[1]) est un système agraire qui existe depuis la préhistoire, dans lequel le transfert de fertilité se fait par le feu, éventuellement après une période de jachère longue (friche forestière). C est un… …   Wikipédia en Français