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Torch

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Noun

1. torch

a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

2. aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein

tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

3. flashlight, torch

a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

4. blowlamp, blowtorch, torch

a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

Verb

5. torch

burn maliciously, as by arson

Example Sentences:
'The madman torched the barns'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Torch

see synonyms of torch
noun
1. 
a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries
. US and Canadian word: flashlight
2. 
a wooden or tow shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight
3. 
anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc
the torch of evangelism
4. 
any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering
5.  carry a torch for
6.  put to the torch
verb
7. (transitive) slang
to set fire to, esp deliberately as an act of arson

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Torch

see synonyms of torch
noun
1. 
a portable light consisting of a long piece of resinous wood, or twisted tow dipped in tallow, etc., flaming at one end; link; flambeau
2. 
anything considered as a source of enlightenment, illumination, inspiration, etc.
the torch of science
3. 
any of various portable devices for producing a very hot flame, used in welding, burning off paint, etc.
4.  British
a flashlight
verb transitive
5.  US, Informal
to set fire to, as in arson

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Torch

see synonyms of torch
n.
1.
a. A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau.
b. Chiefly British A flashlight.
2. Something that serves to illuminate, enlighten, or guide.
3. Slang An arsonist.
4. A portable apparatus that produces a very hot flame by the combustion of gases, used in welding and construction.
5. Longstanding unrequited romantic feelings for a person: My torch for her has finally gone out.
tr.v. torched, torch·ing, torch·es
Slang
To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.

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