English
Image:Lewes_Bonfire%2C_Colonial_Boys.jpg|thumb|right|torches carried in a parade
Pronunciation
IPA|/t��ʧ/ (RP)
IPA|/t�rʧ/ (US)
audio|en-us-torch.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)t�|-��(r)t�
Noun
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- A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source.
#:The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.
- context|UK|Australia A portable source of electric light.
#:Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.
Synonyms
(stick with fire at one end): brand
(portable electric light): flashlight (US)
Translations
trans-top|stick with flame at one end
Czech: pochode� f
Dutch: toorts, fakkel
Finnish: soihtu
French: torche f
German: Fackel f
Italian: fiaccola f, torcia f
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Portuguese: tocha f
Serbian: baklja f, plamnik m, plamenik m
Slovenian: bakla
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trans-top|portable electric light
Czech: baterka f
Dutch: zaklamp
Finnish: taskulamppu
French: lampe de poche f
German: Taschenlampe f
Italian: torcia f
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Portuguese: lanterna f
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See also
handlamp
Verb
en-verb|torch|es
- To set fire to, especially using a torch (1) above.
#:Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.
Synonyms
(set fire to): burn, firebomb, ignite, inflame, set ablaze
Translations
trans-top|set fire to
Finnish: polttaa, sytyttää tuleen
French: incendier v
German: anzünden
Italian: incendiare
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