Torchlight

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The dim light produced by a burning torch. countable, uncountable

    "A number of towns in East Sussex, and on the borders of Kent and Surrey, make a special feature of huge bonfires and torchlight processions with fireworks on Guy Fawkes day or an early November Saturday."

  2. 2
    light from a torch or torches wordnet
  3. 3
    The light produced by a flashlight. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A torch or flashlight. India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, countable

Synonyms

All synonyms
torch

Example

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"Many a night she heard the fishermen, who were fishing by torchlight, talking over the good deeds of the young prince."

Etymology

From torch + light.

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