Definitions For Torch

noun

  • A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
  • A small portable battery-powered electric lamp
  • A light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
  • Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
  • A long stick with material at one end that burns brightly

verb

  • Burn maliciously, as by arson
  • To set fire to (something, such as a building) deliberately : to cause (something) to burn

Is Torches a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
12

The word Torch is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Torch in a Sentence

  • In an insurance scam, the slumlord hired a torch to burn the tenement down
  • An arsonist torched the building.
  • Police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money

Synonyms for Torch

Antonyms for Torches

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