Definition of torch

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Definition of torch

  • a small portable battery-powered electric lamp (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. flashlight
  • a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. blowlamp
    2. blowtorch
  • tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. aaron's rod
    2. common mullein
    3. flannel mullein
    4. great mullein
    5. verbascum thapsus
    6. woolly mullein
  • a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance (noun)
  • burn maliciously, as by arson (verb)

    Examples

    1. The madman torched the barns

See definition of torch in Merriam Webster