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torch noun

  /tɔɹt͡ʃ/ , /tɔːtʃ/
  • (by extension) A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
  • A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
  • A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
  • A source of enlightenment or guidance.
  • In carry, hand on, or pass on the torch: a precious cause, principle, tradition, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others.
 soihtu

torch verb

  /tɔɹt͡ʃ/ , /tɔːtʃ/
  • (US, fishing) To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing.
 kalastaa soihdunvalossa
  • (science fiction) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive.
 matkustaa fuusiolla toimivalla avaruusaluksella
  • (originally and chiefly, _, US, slang) To set fire to (something), especially by use of a torch; specifically, to intentionally destroy (something) by setting on fire to try and claim compensation on a fire insurance.
 palaa, polttaa, polttaa tahallaan, sytyttää tuleen
  • (UK, dialectal, figurative) To (appear to) flare up like a torch.
 syttyä kuin soihtu
  • To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun sense 1).
 valaista soihduin

torch verb

  /tɔɹt͡ʃ/ , /tɔːtʃ/
  • (transitive, masonry, archaic, or, historical) To point (inside joints of slates laid on laths) using lime hair mortar.
 rapata hiuksilla vahvistetulla kalkkilaastilla
Swedish torch
jätkänkynttilä
pass the torch
antaa kapula eteenpäin
tiki torch
bambusoihtu
benzine torch
polttopullo
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