torch
🇺🇸
/tɔːrtʃ/
🇬🇧
/tɔːtʃ/
noun
R
A small handheld light that runs on batteries.
Use the torch to see in the dark.
R
A tool that produces a hot flame for burning or melting things.
He used a torch to remove the old paint.
R
A long stick with fire at one end, carried for light.
The runner carried the Olympic torch.
verb
R
To deliberately set fire to something.
They torched the old building.
translation
A small handheld light that runs on batteries.; A tool that produces a hot flame for burning or melting things.; A long stick with fire at one end, carried for light.
To deliberately set fire to something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
torches
Past
torched
Perfect
torched
Progressive
torching
Plural
torches