1. [Brit] A small portable battery-powered electric lamp
   "She used her torch to navigate the dark cave";
   - flashlight
    
2. A light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
   "The explorers used torches to navigate the dark cave"
    
3. A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
   "The plumber used a torch to solder the copper pipes";
   - blowtorch, blowlamp [Brit]
    
4. Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
   "The dried torch plant stems were traditionally used for lighting";
   - common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, Verbascum thapsus

1. Burn maliciously, as by arson
   "The madman torched the barns"

Derived forms: torches, torching, torched

Type of: burn, burn down, burner, electric lamp, fire, flannel leaf, light, light source, mullein, velvet plant

Encyclopedia: Torch, Ohio