Torch - Definition
torch
n 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 [syn: common mullein, great
mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein,
torch, Verbascum thapsus]
3: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn:
flashlight, torch]
4: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
[syn: blowtorch, torch, blowlamp]
v 1: burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the
barns"