Torch

What do we mean by torch?

A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau. noun

A flashlight. noun

Something that serves to illuminate, enlighten, or guide. noun

An arsonist. noun

A portable apparatus that produces a very hot flame by the combustion of gases, used in welding and construction. noun

Longstanding unrequited romantic feelings for a person. noun

To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness. transitive verb

(carry a torch) To have longstanding feelings of love that are not requited. idiom

(put to the torch) To destroy by fire; burn down. idiom

To fish with the aid of a torch by night.

To flare or smoke like a torch; rise like the smoke from a torch: with up: as, how those clouds torch up!

In plastering, to point with lime and hair: said of the inside joints of slating laid on lathing.

A similar torch used in plumbing, gas-fitting, electric-wiring, etc., for giving a heating flame wherever a condensed hot flame is required. It is made in many forms. Where air-pressure is used it is called a gasolene blow-torch. It is sometimes used as a paint-burner noun

A lamplighters' torch using gasolene. noun

A light to be carried in the hand, formed of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax, hemp, etc., soaked with tallow or other inflammable substance; a link; a flambeau. noun

An oil-lamp borne on a pole or other appliance for carrying a light easily and without danger. noun

A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame. noun

See under Thistle. noun

A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material. noun

A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.

A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.

An arsonist.

A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.

Awesome, amazing, bitchin, rad... Something that is torch is beyond just being cool it is highly desirable. Urban Dictionary

A handy device for holding dead batteries Urban Dictionary

A word used instead of "lit" because it is more sophisticated and doesn't give drugs and alcohol references. Urban Dictionary

In the British Isles, a "torch" is a flashlight. Urban Dictionary

(derogatory) A ridiculous haircut, generally male, characterized by wannabe southern california beach bleach blonde hair styled fractally; an outgrown haircut's final hurrah necessitating excessive ammounts of gel and/or ill-advised pomade. A bold, albeit misplaced attempt to be a "pimp". Urban Dictionary

A lighter which lights with a blue flame and is pressurized (meaning it "shoots out" and will "point" straight out no matter what direction the head of your lighter is facing). ie: Think of the tool a welder uses to weld metal... only much smaller. ...yah... like that. Used for normal "lighter" purposes, but well liked by those who smoke their "drug of choice" out of crack pipes. If you are HARD CORE, you will possess the "ultimate cool" torch. What is this you ask?!? A butane soldering iron with the "torch" attachment inserted (as opposed to the "soldering" attachment). Oh yah. Urban Dictionary

1. Basketball slang indicating a accurate jumpshot. 2.Describing the accurancy of a jumpshot. Urban Dictionary

Poke me. Urban Dictionary

British term for penis. Urban Dictionary

Flaming faggot Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to torch:
torch, touch, porch, torah, torc, zorch, lorch, storch, orch, toch, horch, corch, torcs, forch, torca, borch, morch, tarch, dorch, trch, torce.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word torch:
cauldron, relay, bearer, flame, oran, vichy, ignited, symbolizes, lit, toro, fantastic, welding, algiers, algeria, tunisia, newsletter, olympia, trilogy, browser, olympic, flames, invasion, morocco, invisible, allied, marvel, plasma, motto, ceremony, lighter, olympics, sicily, runners, burning, lighting, liberty, africa, burn, thing, statue, comics, burns, athlete, beijing, athens, carried, burned, passed, athletes, allies, leg.

Words that rhyme with torch:
porch, scorch, blowtorch, front porch, sun porch, back porch, dortch, foertsch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe torch:
electric, lighted, flaming, blazing, small, oxyacetylene, olympic, acetylene, single, bright, inverted, powerful, flickering, flaring, red, fiery, extinguished, big, pine, huge, sacred, incendiary, light, giant, smoky, splendid, tiny, dim, glowing, gigantic, atomic, golden, dull, held, arc, brilliant, underwater, unlit, reversed, uplifted, gas, burning, enormous, revolutionary, portable, pressure, makeshift, holy, unlighted, hymeneal, cooled, alive, oxyfuel, yellow, rude, resinous, solitary, fallen, miniature, eternal, mighty, soldering, type, immense, symbolic, pale, pen, shaded, cutting.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective torch:
bearers, bearer, light, race, lights, races, flame, holders, dance, bearing, beam, baskets, holder, song, singer, wood, fires, fishing, lighting, basket, fire, staves, flames, cutting, smoke, bracket, valve, handle, thistle, meetings, circles, waving, welding, lamp, singing, boys, train, carrying, dances, serenade, gleams, furies, beams, brackets, carriers, lily, staff, burn, sticks, glow, racers, tip, burns, brazing, gleam, procession, heating, illumination, thistles, solderer, flares, hunt, bannerrings, expedition, battery, lilies, flash, stands, alight, batteries, throwers, passing, consuming.

Words that sound like torch:
torch, torche, dortch, targe, tory, tori, torie, torrey, torry, torey, torrie, torri, torii, tauri, torn, torture, tore, tor, torah, tours, torque, tort, toro, torcher, torched, torte, tora, tortue, tork, torre, tores, torr, taur, torc, torse, torne, toru, torra, toray, darch, tauro, torchy, torchere, torq, tawer, tare, tari, dorje, dorsch, tower, tar, tart, towers, tara, starch, tarn, tars, tarte, tarr, tarra, tarro, taru, tarse, tartt, tarl, tauer, tarc, taray, taar, tahr, taara, taart, tarre, ta ra, autarch, ta-ra, tarne, terry, tarry, teary, terri, tere, teri, tyree, terrie, tiree, turi, towery, tirey, tyrie, tiri, turri, toorie, tair, tache, tach, taher, taire, t.a, ptero.