Torch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. 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.
  2. something considered as a source of illumination, enlightenment, guidance, etc.: the torch of learning.
  3. any of various lamplike devices that produce a hot flame and are used for soldering, burning off paint, etc.
  4. an arsonist.
  5. flashlight (def. 1).
verb (used without object)
  1. to burn or flare up like a torch.
verb (used with object)
  1. to subject to the flame or light of a torch, as in order to burn, sear, solder, or illuminate.
  2. to set fire to maliciously, especially in order to collect insurance.
Idioms
  1. to be in love with, especially to suffer from unrequited love for: He still carries a torch for his ex-wife.
verb (used with object)
  1. to point (the joints between roofing slates) with a mixture of lime and hair.
noun
  1. a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries
  2. a wooden or tow shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight
  3. anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc
  4. any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering
  5. to be in love with, esp unrequitedly
  6. to set fire to; burn down
verb
  1. to set fire to, esp deliberately as an act of arson
Torch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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