torch
suomi-englanti sanakirjatorch englannista suomeksi
ukontulikukka
puhalluslamppu
sytyttää tuleen, polttaa, tuhopolttaa
taskulamppu
soihtu
Substantiivi
Verbi
torch englanniksi
A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
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1984 June–July, Frances A. Harmon, ''The Olympic Games - For Good and All'', ''Publishing Company|Ebony Jr'', page 18,
- Eleven days before the start of the Games, a flaming torch is ignited by the sun in Olympia at the ruins of the ancient Temple of Zeus.
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2008 April 22-28, ''(magazine)|Outlook'', page 48,
- The degradation of the torch worldwide— it had to be snuffed out more than once to protect it from protesters—even provoked angry Chinese students to mobilise “150 strong and energetic runners” to defend it in Australia, raising the spectre of violence.
A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
(RQ:Doyle Lost World)
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An arsonist.
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A drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).
To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a driveNoun|torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
(alternative form of)
torque (gloss)