1. (

• torch ,

) a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance ;

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 ;

3. (

• flashlight ,
• torch

) a small portable battery-powered electric lamp ;

4. (

• blowtorch ,
• torch ,
• blowlamp

) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame ;

1. (

• torch

) burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns" ;