char

griller, saisir

Cuire à forte chaleur jusqu’à ce que de petites zones de la surface deviennent sombres.

En anglais simple : To cook something with strong heat until small areas of its surface become dark.

• Char the peppers on the grill.
• She lightly charred the fish before serving it.
• The chef chars the outside while keeping the centre soft.

Synonymes : sear, scorch

Expressions courantes : char the peppers, char the edges

carboniser, brûler

Brûler quelque chose jusqu’à rendre sa surface noire, ou devenir noir en brûlant.

En anglais simple : To burn something so badly that its surface becomes black, or to become black through burning.

• The flames charred the door.
• The wooden frame began to char.
• Heat had charred the outer walls of the house.

Synonymes : scorch, blacken

Expressions courantes : char the wood, char the surface

carboniser, se carboniser

Transformer quelque chose par une forte chaleur en matière noire riche en carbone, ou devenir cette matière.

En anglais simple : To turn something into a black, carbon-rich material by strong heating, or to become this material.

• They char wood to make fuel.
• The branches slowly charred inside the kiln.
• Strong heat can char plant material without burning it to ash.

Synonymes : carbonize

Expressions courantes : char wood, char organic material

omble

Poisson apparenté au saumon et à la truite, vivant généralement dans l’eau froide.

En anglais simple : A fish related to salmon and trout, usually found in cold water.

• We had grilled char for dinner.
• They caught several char in the cold lake.
• Arctic char can live in both fresh and salt water.

Synonymes : charr

Expressions courantes : Arctic char, grilled char

résidu carbonisé

Matière noire qui reste après qu’une chose a été fortement chauffée ou brûlée.

En anglais simple : Black material left when something has been strongly heated or burned.

• Char covered the burnt wood.
• He scraped the char from the pan.
• A thick layer of char remained after the fire.

Synonymes : charred material

Expressions courantes : layer of char, scrape off char

femme de ménage

Femme payée pour nettoyer des maisons ou d’autres bâtiments.

En anglais simple : A woman paid to clean houses or other buildings.

• The char cleaned the kitchen.
• They employed a char twice a week.
• His grandmother earned a living as a char.

Synonymes : cleaner, charwoman

Expressions courantes : employ a char, work as char