torch

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /tɔː(r)ʧ/, SAMPA: /tO:(r)tS/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /tɔrʧ/, SAMPA: /tOrtS/

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Noun

Singular torch

Plural torches

1. (countable) A torch is a device for making light. One end of it is on fire.
2. (countable) (UK) A torch is another word for a flashlight.

• 
  People with torches (sense 1)
• 
  A torch (sense 2)

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.