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Definitions for Torch

[1] 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 flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
[2] something considered as a source of illumination, enlightenment, guidance, etc.: the torch of learning.
[3] any of various lamplike devices that produce a hot flame and are used for soldering, burning off paint, etc.
[4] Slang . an arsonist.
[5] Chiefly British . flashlight(def 1) .
[6] to burn or flare up like a torch.
[7] to subject to the flame or light of a torch, as in order to burn, sear, solder, or illuminate.
[8] Slang . to set fire to maliciously, especially in order to collect insurance.
[9] carry the /a torch for , Slang . to be in love with, especially to suffer from unrequited love for: He still carries a torch for his ex-wife.
[10] to point (the joints between roofing slates) with a mixture of lime and hair.
[11] a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries US and Canadian word: flashlight
[12] a wooden or tow shaft dipped in wax or tallow and set alight
[13] anything regarded as a source of enlightenment, guidance, etc the torch of evangelism
[14] any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering
[15] carry a torch for to be in love with, esp unrequitedly
[16] put to the torch to set fire to; burn down the looted monastery was put to the torch
[17] (tr) slang to set fire to, esp deliberately as an act of arson

Words related to Torch

lamp, beacon, lantern, incendiary, light, flash, flare, flambeau

Words nearby Torch

toran, torbanite, torbay, torbernite, torc, torch, torch lily, torch singer, torch song, torch syndrome, torchbearer

Origin of Torch

21840–50; < French torcher to plaster with a mixture of clay and chopped straw, derivative of torche a twist of straw. See torch1

Other words from Torch

torch·a·ble , adjective
torch·less , adjective
torch·like , adjective

Word origin for Torch

C13: from Old French torche handful of twisted straw, from Vulgar Latin torca (unattested), from Latin torquēre to twist

Synonyms for Torch

beacon, lamp, lantern, flambeau, flare, flash, incendiary, light