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Noun torch has 4 senses
  1. torch - a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
    --1 is a kind of     light, light source
    --1 has particulars: flambeau
    Derived form: verb torch1
  2. common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus - tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
    --2 is a kind of mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant
  3. flashlight, torch - a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
    --3 is a kind of electric lamp
    --3 has parts: flashlight battery
    --3 has particulars: penlight
  4. blowtorch, torch, blowlamp - a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
    --4 is a kind of burner
    --4 has particulars: oxyacetylene torch
    Derived form: verb torch1
,Verb torch has 1 sense
  1. torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
    --1 is one way to     burn, fire, burn down
    Derived forms: noun torch1, noun torch4
    Sample sentence:
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