Torch

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 1)  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)

Derived terms

 * carry a torch for

Verb

 * 1) 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

Adjectives for Torch
inverted; bridal; fiery; nuptial; smoldering; flaring; feeble; extemporized; broidered; incandescent; blazing; extemporary; processional.

Verbs for Torch
apply—; bear—; eclipse—; employ—; extend—; extinguish—; flourish—; obscure-; quench—; screen—; smother—; snuff out—; thrust—; —beams; —chars; —dazzles; --enkindles; —flares; —flashes; —flickers; — gleams; —glimmers; —ignites; —radiates; —scintillates; —scorches; —sheds; —shimmers; —singes; —smoulders.

Thesaurus
acetylene welder, angle, arsonist, bait the hook, bank, blast lamp, blowpipe, blowtorch, bob, brand, burn, burner, butane lighter, candle, cigarette lighter, clam, conflagrate, cresset, dap, dib, dibble, drive, electric light bulb, enkindle, fan the flame, feed, feed the fire, fire, firebrand, firebug, fish, flambeau, flame, flaming torch, flare, flint, flint and steel, fly-fish, fusee, gig, glim, go fishing, grig, guddle, ignite, igniter, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, inflame, jack, jacklight, jig, kindle, lamp, lantern, light, light bulb, light source, light up, lighter, link, luminant, luminary, match, moon, net, portfire, rekindle, relight, relume, seine, set fire to, set on fire, shrimp, signal flare, source of light, sparker, spill, spin, stars, still-fish, stir the fire, stoke, stoke the fire, strike a light, sun, taper, touch off, trawl, troll, welder, welding blowpipe, whale

Noun

 * Arabic: مشعل
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: torxa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 薪火, 火炬
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჩირაღდანი
 * German:
 * Hebrew: אבוקה
 * Hindi: मशाल, टार्च
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 松明, トーチ
 * Khmer: ចន្លុះ
 * Korean: 횃불


 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: lāpa
 * Lithuanian: deglas
 * Mongolian: бамбар
 * Persian: مشعل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kurunzi
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: meşale
 * Welsh: tors
 * Turkish: meşale
 * Welsh: tors
 * Welsh: tors


 * Arabic: مشعل
 * Armenian: լապտեր
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 手電筒, 手电筒
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ელექტრო ფარანი (elek‘tro p‘arani)
 * German:
 * Hindi: टार्च


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 懐中電燈
 * Korean: 등불
 * Latin: lanterna, fax
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, фонарь
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: tochi
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: fflachlamp

Verb

 * Finnish: polttaa, sytyttää tuleen
 * French: incendier v
 * German:


 * Hungarian: felgyújt
 * Italian: