torch
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
Types & categories
- light source hypernym
- flambeau hyponym
Related & opposite
- torch derivation
Sense 2 verb
burn maliciously, as by arson
The madman torched the barns
Types & categories
- burn hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Types & categories
- velvet plant hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
Types & categories
- electric lamp hypernym
- penlight hyponym
Parts & wholes
- flashlight battery part meronym
Sense 5 noun
a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
Types & categories
- burner hypernym
- oxyacetylene torch hyponym
Related & opposite
- torch derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | torch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | light source |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flambeau |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blowtorch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | torch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | burn |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | velvet plant |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | flashlight battery |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | electric lamp |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | penlight |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | torch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | burner |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | oxyacetylene torch |