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Definitions and meaning of torch

torch

Etymology

From Middle English torche, from Old French torche (“torch; bundle of straw”), from Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”), from Latin torqua, variant of torquis, from torqueō (“twist”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːtʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tɔɹt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃ

Noun

torch (plural torches)

1. 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.
   • 1984 June–July, Frances A. Harmon, The Olympic Games - For Good and All, Ebony Jr, page 18,

     Eleven days before the start of the Games, a flaming torch is ignited by the sun in Olympia at the ruins of the ancient Temple of Zeus.

   • 2008 April 22-28, Outlook, page 48,

     The degradation of the torch worldwide— it had to be snuffed out more than once to protect it from protesters—even provoked angry Chinese students to mobilise “150 strong and energetic runners” to defend it in Australia, raising the spectre of violence.

2. (Commonwealth) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
3. (US) An arsonist.
4. A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
5. (science fiction) A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").

Synonyms

• (stick with flame at one end): brand
• (portable electric light): flashlight (US)

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See also

• handlamp
• headlamp

Verb

torch (third-person singular simple present torches, present participle torching, simple past and past participle torched)

1. To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).

2. (science fiction) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").

Synonyms

• (set fire to): burn, firebomb, ignite, inflame, set ablaze

Derived terms

• torchable
• torcher

Translations

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “torch, n.; torch, v.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• troch.

Middle English

Noun

torch

1. Alternative form of torche

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh torch, from Proto-Brythonic *torx, from Latin torquis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrχ/
• Rhymes: -ɔrχ

Noun

torch f (plural torchau)

1. torque (tightly braided collar)
2. coil, ring, wreath

Derived terms

• plethdorch (“wreath”)
• torchi (“to coil”)
• torchog (“coiled”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “torch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies