torch

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torch

A scientist uses a torch to heat a glass beaker in the lab.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A portable light source: A device that produces light, typically held in the hand. This can be a stick with a burning flammable material at one end (traditional torch) or a battery-powered electric lamp (modern torch, especially in British English).
    • A source of intense heat or flame: A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot, focused flame, often used in welding or metalwork.
    • A symbol: Something that represents enlightenment, knowledge, or a cause, often used in a metaphorical sense.

  2. Verb:

    • To set fire to deliberately: To burn something maliciously or destroy it by fire.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The hiker used a torch to find the path in the dark. (referring to a flashlight)
    • In the ancient ceremony, they carried burning torches. (referring to a traditional flame torch)
    • The Olympic torch is carried across continents. (referring to a symbolic flame)
    • The jeweler used a small butane torch to solder the ring. (referring to a gas burner)

  • Verb:

    • The rioters torched several abandoned buildings.
    • Vandals torched the old warehouse last night.
Advanced Usage

  • To carry a torch for someone: To have strong, often unrequited, feelings of love or affection for someone over a long period.

    • He's been carrying a torch for his high school sweetheart for years.

  • To hand/pass on the torch: To pass a responsibility, tradition, or knowledge to the next generation or successor.

    • The retiring CEO passed the torch to her protege.
Variants and Related Words
  • Torchlight (n): The light produced by a torch.
    • The cave was illuminated by torchlight.
  • Torch song (n): A sentimental popular song, typically about love, especially unrequited love. (This idiomatically relates to the phrase "carry a torch").
  • Torchbearer (n): A person who leads or inspires others in a cause or movement; literally, one who carries a torch.
Synonyms
  • Noun (light source): Flashlight (chiefly US), lamp, light, beacon.
  • Noun (flame source): Blowlamp, blowtorch, burner.
  • Verb: Burn, set fire to, ignite, incinerate.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases

(The word "torch" itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its verbal meaning is typically used alone or with the idioms listed above.)

Related Idioms
  • The torch of liberty/freedom/knowledge: A metaphor for the principle or ideal that guides and inspires people.
    • The university sees itself as holding high the torch of knowledge.
  • To put a torch to something: To set it on fire.
    • The rebels put a torch to the government outpost.
torch

A scientist uses a torch to heat a glass beaker in the lab.

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

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