Torch
21torch — torch1 [to:tʃ US to:rtʃ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: torche bunch of twisted straws, torch , from Vulgar Latin torca] 1.) BrE a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand American Equivalent: flashlight ▪ We shone our torches… …
22torch — noun 1》 Brit. a portable battery powered electric lamp. 2》 chiefly historical a portable means of illumination such as a piece of wood soaked in tallow and ignited. 3》 a valuable quality, principle, or cause, which needs to be protected and… …
23torch — [[t]tɔrtʃ[/t]] n. 1) a light, usu. carried in the hand, consisting of a stick of resinous wood, tallow soaked flax, or some other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end 2) something considered as a source of illumination, enlightenment, or …
24torch — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English torche, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *torca, alteration of Latin torqua something twisted, collar of twisted metal, alteration of torques; akin to Latin torquēre to twist more at… …
25torch — 1 noun (C) 1 BrE a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand; flashlight AmE: We shone our torches around the walls of the cavern. 2 a long stick with burning material at one end that produces light: the Olympic torch | a torch light… …
26torch — /tɔtʃ / (say tawch) noun 1. a small portable electric lamp powered by dry batteries. 2. a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other… …
27torch — flashlight flash light n. a portable battery powered electric lamp, small enough to be held in one hand; it is most commonly cylindrical, but other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a {torch} Syn: torch. [WordNet 1.5] …
28torch — Torchwort Torch wort , n. (Bot.) The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also {torch}, and {hig taper}. [1913 Webster] …
29torch — 1. noun /tɔː(ɹ)ʧ,tɔɹʧ/ a) A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source. The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampires castle. b) A portable source of electric light. Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the …
30torch — [1] The mechanism which the operator holds during gas welding and cutting, at the end of which the gases are burned to perform the various gas welding and cutting operations. [2] A British term for a flashlight. See blow torch cutting torch …
