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torch  (tôrch)

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.

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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[Middle English torche, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *torca, alteration of Latin torqua, variant of torqus, torque, from Latin torqure, to twist; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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torch

Noun

1. a small portable electric lamp powered by batteries

2. a wooden shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight

3. anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc.: a torch of hope

4. carry a torch for to be in love with (someone), esp. unrequitedly

Verb

Informal to deliberately set (a building) on fire [Old French torche handful of twisted straw]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	torch - a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance flambeau - a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) light source, light - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
	2.	torch - tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant - any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
	3.	torch - a small portable battery-powered electric lamp flashlight electric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity flashlight battery - a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights penlight - a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
	4.	torch - a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame blowlamp, blowtorch burner - an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner" oxyacetylene torch - a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene
Verb	1.	torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns" burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

Translations

torch [tɔːtʃ] n → antorcha;

(BRIT) (electric) → linterna

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torch [tɔːtʃ] n → torche f;

(Brit) (electric) → lampe f de poche

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torch [tɔːtʃ] n → Fackel f;

(Brit) (electric) → Taschenlampe f

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torch [tɔːtʃ] n → torcia;

(BRIT) (electric) → lampadina tascabile

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torch

n torch [toːtʃ]

1 (Americanˈflashlight) a small portable light worked by an electric battery He shone his torch into her face. flitslig قِنْديل фенерче baterka lommelygte die Taschenlampe φακός linterna taskulamp چراغ قوه taskulamppu lampe de poche פַּנָס टॉर्च baterijska svjetiljka, džepna lampa zseblámpa senter vasaljós torcia 懐中電灯 회중 전등 žibintuvėlis (kabatas) lukturītis lampu suluh zaklantaarn lommelykt latarka pilha lanternă карманный фонарик baterka žepna svetilka baterijska lampa ficklampa ไฟฉาย el feneri 手電筒 кишеньковий ліхтарик ٹارچ، بيٹري đèn pin 手电筒

2 a piece of wood etc set on fire and carried as a light. fakkel شُعْلَه факел pochodeň fakkel die Fackel δάδα, πυρσός antorcha tõrvik مشعل soihtu flambeau לַפִּיד मशाल baklja fáklya obor kyndill fiaccola たいまつ 횃불 fakelas, deglas lāpa obor torts fakkel pochodnia archote torţă факел pochodeň, fakľa bakla baklja fackla คบไฟ meşale 火把 смолоскип, факел مشعل، فليتہ ngọn đuốc 火把