torches

Noun

• 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 small portable battery-powered electric lamp
• a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
• plural of torch

Verb

• burn maliciously, as by arson
• third-person singular simple present indicative of torch

Synonyms

Aaron's rod, blowlamp, blowtorch, common mullein, flannel mullein, flashlight, great mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein