Defenition of the word torch
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Defenition of the word torch
- A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source.
- a burner that produces a hot flame
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
- a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
- a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- burn maliciously, as by arson
Synonyms for the word torch
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- Aaron's rod
- blowlamp
- blowtorch
- burn down
- common mullein
- flannel mullein
- flashlight
- great mullein
- put a match to
- set fire to
- set on fire
- Verbascum thapsus
- woolly mullein
Similar words in the torch
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- torch
- torch's
- torched
- torches
- torching
- torchlight
Meronymys for the word torch
Hyponyms for the word torch
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- flambeau
- oxyacetylene torch
- penlight
Hypernyms for the word torch
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- burn
- burn down
- burner
- electric lamp
- fire
- flannel leaf
- light
- light source
- mullein
- velvet plant
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