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- Dictionarytorch/tɔːtʃ/
noun
- 1. a portable battery-powered electric lamp. British Similar
- 2. a blowlamp. North American
verb
- 1. set fire to: informal "the shops had been looted and torched"
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TORCH definition: 1. a small light that is held in the hand and usually gets its power from batteries: 2. a thick…. Learn more.
1. : a burning stick of resinous wood or twist of tow used to give light and usually carried in the hand : flambeau. 2. : something (such as tradition, wisdom, or knowledge) likened to a torch as giving light or guidance. pass the torch to the next generation.
1. (Electronics) 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.
Torch definition: a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.. See examples of TORCH used in a sentence.
A torch is a handheld light. Although flashlights are sometimes called "torches," technically a torch has a burning flame. Torch can also be used as a verb indicating that something has been purposely set on fire. For example, arsonists have been known to torch empty buildings just for fun. This meaning dates to 1931.
A torch is a small, battery-powered electric light which you carry in your hand.
to burn a building or other large thing, intentionally and usually illegally: They smashed a side door to get in and then torched the warehouse when they had taken what they wanted. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. torches. A portable light consisting of a long piece of resinous wood, or twisted tow dipped in tallow, etc., flaming at one end; link; flambeau. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Anything considered as a source of enlightenment, illumination, inspiration, etc. The torch of science. Webster's New World. A flashlight.
TORCH definition: 1. a small electric light that you hold in your hand 2. a long stick with material that burns tied…. Learn more.
a light, made of a stick of wood or some other substance, lighted at the upper end. something thought of as a source of knowledge or guidance: the torch of learning. any of various devices producing a hot flame, used for soldering, etc.; a blowtorch. [ Slang.]an arsonist. British Terms [ Chiefly Brit.]flashlight (def. 1). v. [ ~ + object]
