Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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British English | Yes | No | No | No |
torch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
British English (noun) | torch (noun) |
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English as spoken in the UK | a small portable battery-powered electric lamp |
a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame | |
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 |
British English (verb) | torch (verb) |
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burn maliciously, as by arson |