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Noun Plural: torches
torch - a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
		light source, light any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
torch - a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
		flashlight
		electric lamp a lamp powered by electricity
		flashlight battery a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights
torch - a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
		blowtorch, blowlamp
		burner an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner"
torch - tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
		common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, Verbascum thapsus
Verb torches, torching, torched
torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
		burn down, fire, burn burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"

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torch (Noun)
A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
torch (Noun)
A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
torch (Verb)
To set fire to, especially by use of a torch flaming stick.

torch (n.)
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.
torch (n.)
A flashlight.

torch
torch, n. a light formed of twisted tow dipped in pitch or other inflammable material: a large candle or flambeau.—ns. Torch′-bear′er; Torch′-dance; Torch′er (Shak.), one who gives light with, or as with, a torch; Torch′ing, a way of catching fish at night with torch-light-and spear; Torch′-light; Torch′-race.—n.pl. Torch′-staves (Shak.), staves for carrying torches. [Fr. torche—L. tortum, pa.p. of torquēre, to twist.]