torch

Noun
  1. A light usually carried in the hand;
    Consists of some flammable substance (synset 104463386)
    is a type of: light, light source - any device serving as a source of illumination
    subtypes: flambeau - a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
  2. Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers;
    Ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches (synset 112910473)
    is a type of: flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant - any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
    same as: aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein
  3. A small portable battery-powered electric lamp (synset 103363983)
    is a type of: electric lamp - a lamp powered by electricity
    subtypes: penlight - a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
    has: flashlight battery - a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights
    same as: flashlight
  4. A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame (synset 102858670)
    is a type of: burner - an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
    subtypes: oxyacetylene torch - a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene
    same as: blowlamp, blowtorch
Verb
  1. Burn maliciously, as by arson (synset 200379951)
    "The madman torched the barns"
    is a type of: burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire

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