TORCH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
   Synonym(s)
   • blowlamp (what does blowlamp mean?)
   • blowtorch (what does blowtorch mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) torch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • burner (what does burner mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • oxyacetylene torch (what does oxyacetylene torch mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • torch (what does torch mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
   Synonym(s)
   • flashlight (what does flashlight mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) torch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • electric lamp (what does electric lamp mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • penlight (what does penlight mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a light carried in the hand
   • consists of some flammable substance
   Hypernyms(s) torch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • light source (what does light source mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • flambeau (what does flambeau mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • torch (what does torch mean?)
4. Meaning
   • tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers
   • ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
   Synonym(s)
   • Aaron’s rod (what does Aaron’s rod mean?)
   • common mullein (what does common mullein mean?)
   • flannel mullein (what does flannel mullein mean?)
   • great mullein (what does great mullein mean?)
   • Verbascum thapsus (what does Verbascum thapsus mean?)
   • woolly mullein (what does woolly mullein mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) torch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mullein (what does mullein mean?)
   • flannel leaf (what does flannel leaf mean?)
   • velvet plant (what does velvet plant mean?)

TORCH as VERB

1. Meaning
   • burn maliciously, as by arson
   Usage Example(s)
   • The madman torched the barns
   Hypernyms(s) torch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • burn (what does burn mean?)
   • fire (what does fire mean?)
   • burn down (what does burn down mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • torch (what does torch mean?)
   • blowtorch (what does blowtorch mean?)
   • torch (what does torch mean?)
   • blowlamp (what does blowlamp mean?)