Meaning of 'torch'

Find the meaning of the word ‘torch’

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Meaning of ‘torch’

5 definitions found.

torch

noun

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

Synonyms: blowtorch

noun

a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

Synonyms: flashlight

noun

a light usually carried in the hand

noun

tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers

Example: "ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches"

Synonyms: common mullein great mullein flannel mullein woolly mullein

verb

burn maliciously, as by arson

Example: "The madman torched the barns"

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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