[n] a burner that produces a hot flame
[n] a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
[n] a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
[n] tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
[v] burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"