torch meaning and definition

TORCH noun

Definition of torch (noun)

1. a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
2. tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
   • synonyms: Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein
3. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
   • synonyms: flashlight
4. a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
   • synonyms: blowlamp, blowtorch

TORCH verb

Definition of torch (verb)

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