torch

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 (BrE) (also flashlight AmE, BrE) a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand: Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in. 2 (AmE) = BLOWLAMP 3 a long piece of wood that has material at one end that is set on fire and that people carry to give light: a flaming torch * the Olympic torch * (figurative) They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive. IDIOMS put sth to the torch (literary) to set fire to sth deliberately moreatCARRY verb [VN] to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it: The houses had been looted and then torched.