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Meanings of torch in English

Portuguese
verbascum thapsus
Spanish
verbascum thapsus
Wikidata

Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches.

verbascum thapsus
Portuguese
lanterna
Catalan
llanterna
Spanish
linterna
Wikidata

A small portable battery-powered electric lamp.

lanterna
Portuguese
maçarico

A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.

maçarico
Synonyms
Examples for "blowtorch"
Examples for "blowtorch"
1
She must have discovered a shop where they'd eliminated the blowtorch demonstration.
Pasta Imperfect
2
They were still beautiful, still fragile, but they had defied the blowtorch.
The Vital Abyss
3
It doesn't so much break the ice as blowtorch clean through it.
The Guardian
4
I had a sinking feeling, visualized a moth flapping toward a blowtorch.
John Dies at the End
5
Alternatively, run a blowtorch over the meringue until it is nicely caramelized.
Cooking for friends
1
His ears burned like someone was holding a blowlamp on them.
61 hours
2
Perhaps the biggest obstacle remains the "blowlamp" of nationalist Chinese opinion itself.
The Guardian
3
He had read a book set above the Arctic Circle where you had to thaw the engine block with blowlamps.
61 hours
Usage of torch in English
1
Meanwhile, feelgood stories about the torch's progress thus far continue to surface.
The Guardian
2
The good news is that there is always a new torch lit.
The Rational Optimist
3
War is the torch of liberty in the hands of the people.
Arms and the Woman
4
Mr Donner refused to leave without getting his torch back, he said.
Radio NZ
5
By all means take a torch, but try not to use it.
The Guardian
6
STRAFOREL rises in front of SYLVETTE, and torch-bearers appear in the background.
The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts
7
There he saw his carefully hoarded reading matter set to the torch.
The Illustrated Man
8
Jerry was drenched in sweat and the torch trembled in his hand.
The Invaders
9
Someone had brought in a cutting torch and done the job right.
Gods go begging
10
There remained in the square only Ivan Ogareff and the torch bearers.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
11
The torch had been blown out in the hand of his guide.
The Night Horseman
12
He looked like a giant in the wavering light of the torch.
The Redemption of David Corson
13
From donations to spreading awareness, every person can help carry this torch.
The South African
14
Apparently, fear of illness had caused the Celts to torch the building.
Celtic fire
15
The torch now put to the dried wood is in his hand.
Princess Maritza
16
Here in the open there was no chance to use the torch.
Storm Over Warlock
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Translations for torch
Catalan
llanterna
Torch through the time
Torch across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
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