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Torch

Torch Meaning & Definition
Torch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Torch?

[n] a burner that produces a hot flame
[n] a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
[n] a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
[n] tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
[v] burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Torch: Aaron's rod | blowlamp | blowtorch | common mullein | flannel mullein | flashlight | great mullein | Verbascum thapsus | woolly mullein

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See Also | burn | burn down | burner | electric lamp | fire | flambeau | flannel leaf | flashlight battery | light | light source | mullein | oxyacetylene torch | penlight | velvet plant

Torch In Webster's Dictionary

\Torch\ (t[^o]rch), n. [OE. torche, F. torche a torch, rag, wisp, pad; probably from a derivative of L. torquere, tortum, to twist, because twisted like a rope; cf. F. torcher to rub, wipe, It. topcia a torch, torciare to wrap, twist, OF. torse a torse. Cf. {Torture}.] A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame. They light the nuptial torch. --Milton. {Torch thistle}. (Bot.) See under {Thistle}.

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