torch

Speech parts

1. torch - Noun

2. torch - Verb

Meaning

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.

A flashlight.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

burn ignite kindle lantern flambeau beacon light firebrand brand lamp candle flare blaze incinerate flashlight
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Antonyms

lower night dark cold cloud darkness
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Hypernyms

light fire tool burn burner mullein

Hyponyms

flambeau penlight oxyacetylene torch

Phrases with the word

pass the torch Peruvian torch torch lamp electric torch torch race base torch

Anagrams

Chort

Examples

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur

He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter. José Martí

To every saint his torch. Italian Proverb

A man with a cross eye shall be put to the torch. Zambian Proverb

The grass torch that burns a bad house, also burns a good one. Ganda Proverb

Close letter words and terms

torc torce torcetrapib torch battery torch bearer TORCH complex