torch

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tɔː(ɹ)ʧ/, SAMPA: /tO:(r)tS/
• (US) IPA: /tɔɹʧ/, SAMPA: /tOrtS/
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Noun

Singular torch

Plural torches

1. A torch is a device for making light.
   1. A stick or rod which has one end on fire.
   2. (UK) A flashlight.

• 

  People with torches

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  A torch

Verb

Plain form torch

Third-person singular torches

Past tense torched

Past participle torched

Present participle torching

1. If you torch something you set it on fire.

   He was arrested for torching the building.