Found 3 items, similar to Torch.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: torch
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: torch
torch
n 1: a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable
substance
2: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
tallow for funeral torches [syn:
common mullein,
great mullein
,
Aaron's rod,
flannel mullein,
woolly mullein
,
Verbascum thapsus]
3: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn:
flashlight]
4: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
[syn:
blowtorch,
blowlamp]
torch
v : burn maliciously, as by arson;
“The madman torched the
barns”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Torch
Torch
\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.
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They light the nuptial torch. --Milton.
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Torch thistle. (Bot.) See under
Thistle.
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