Found 3 items, similar to torch.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: torch
andang, obor, suluh
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
flashlight
\flash"light`\ n.
a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be
held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but
other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a
torch
Syn: torch.
[WordNet 1.5]
Torchwort
\Torch"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet,
anciently served for torches. Called also
torch, and
hig-taper.
[1913 Webster]