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Definition of "torch"

torch

Từ điển Collocation

torch noun

¹ 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.

² 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.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
• 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
• a small portable battery-powered electric lamp; flashlight
• a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame; blowtorch, blowlamp

v.

• burn maliciously, as by arson

  The madman torched the barns

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

torches
syn.: lamp lantern light