torch
[noun]
Synonyms: incendiary, arsonist, firebug

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English Thesaurus: light, lamp, lantern, torch, candle, ...

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I. torch¹ /tɔːtʃ $ tɔːrtʃ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: torche 'bunch of twisted straws, torch', from Vulgar Latin torca]

1. British English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand Synonym : flashlight American English:
We shone our torches around the cavern.

2. a long stick with burning material at one end that produces light:
the Olympic torch

3. carry a torch for somebody old-fashioned to secretly love and admire someone

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II. torch² verb [transitive]
informal to deliberately make a building, vehicle etc start to burn:
Rioters torched several abandoned cars.

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torch
noun
I. electric light carried in the hand
ADJ. powerful | electric
VERB + TORCH carry, have | switch off/on, turn off/on | flash, play, point, shine The policeman played his torch over the men's faces. I shone my torch through the crack.
TORCH + VERB flash, play, shine A powerful torch shone in their direction.
TORCH + NOUN beam
PHRASES the beam of a torch, light from/of a torch We struggled to read the map by the light of the torch.

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torch
II. piece of burning wood carried to give light
ADJ. blazing, burning, flaming, flaring, flickering
VERB + TORCH light They lit their torches from the fire.
carry, hold Servants were carrying lighted torches.
TORCH + VERB light The path to the castle was lit by blazing torches.
burn The torches were burning fiercely.
flare | flicker, splutter | go out The torch flickered and went out.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

light something that produces light, especially electric light, to help you to see:
She switched the kitchen light on.
The lights in the house were all off.
lamp an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas - often used in names of lights:
a bedside lamp
a street lamp
a desk lamp
a table lamp
an old oil lamp
a paraffin lamp
lantern a lamp that you can carry, consisting of a metal container with glass sides that surrounds a flame or light:
The miners used lanterns which were lit by candles.
torch British English, flashlight American English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand:
We shone our torches around the cavern.
candle a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light:
The restaurant was lit by candles.
bulb the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from:
a 100 watt bulb
an energy-saving light bulb
headlight (also headlamp) one of the two large lights at the front of a vehicle:
It was getting dark so she switched the headlights on.
sidelight British English, parking light American English one of the two small lights next to the main lights, at the front and back of a car
tail light one of the two red lights at the back of a vehicle
indicator British English, turn signal American English one of the lights on a car that flash to show which way the car is turning

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torch
tɔ:tʃ
See: carry a torch

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