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torch

/ˈtoɹtʃ/noun, verb1 syllable

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

Synonyms for torch24

noun, as in 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

noun, as in a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

blowtorch, blowlamp

noun, as in a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

flashlight

also used for torch

brand, firebrand, flambeau, torchlight, burn, ignite, inflame, set ablaze, aflame, alight, conflagrate, fire, fire up, malign, assassinate

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What does torch mean?5

noun

1

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

2

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

3

a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

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”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with torch?1

one syllable

porch
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Torch in a sentence

  • Turn off your torch, they will see you.SunnyMoon
  • A few steps behind them came another group of people, illumined by a torch.monahxo
  • Currently, torch-shaped electric lamps are being manufactured.Luornu
  • If you need a torch, you can take this one.sundown
  • I dropped my torch on the floor, and now it doesn't work.sundown
  • She shone her torch onto the floor before us.ehrencrona
  • It was identified by telescope as a torch.unknown
  • The torch does not light its own stand.Scott

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Forms of torch

as a noun

plural
torches

as a verb

third-person singular
torches
present participle
torching
past participle
torched
past tense
torched