torch

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torch Definition

• (n) a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
• (n) tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
• (n) a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
• (n) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
• (v) burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"

torch Synonyms

• Aaron's rod
• blowlamp
• blowtorch
• common mullein
• flannel mullein
• flashlight
• great mullein
• torch
• Verbascum thapsus
• woolly mullein