torch

/tˈɔɹtʃ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
2. tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
3. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
4. a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

verb

1. burn maliciously, as by arson
   “The madman torched the barns”

Synonyms for torch

• common mullein
• great mullein
• Aaron's rod
• flannel mullein
• woolly mullein
• Verbascum thapsus
• flashlight
• blowtorch
• blowlamp

Words that rhyme with torch

• scorch
• blowtorch
• porch
• dortch
• foertsch