blowtorch

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UK/ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/US/ˈbloʊˌtoɹt͡ʃ/

noun

A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

Similar
torchfast moverfighter jetfirecanblowlamp
UncommonFirst used 20th c.Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounblowtorch (plural blowtorches)

plural blowtorches · alternative blow torch

  1. A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

    Synonyms: torch

  2. USslanggovernmentA jet fighter.First known use 20th c.

    When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.

    1949, Popular Science, volume 155, number 6, page 120

    Synonyms: fast mover, fighter jet, firecan

verbblowtorch (third-person singular simple present blowtorches, present participle blowtorching, simple past and past participle blowtorched)

present singular third person blowtorches · participle present blowtorching · participle past blowtorched · past blowtorched

  1. transitiveTo apply a blowtorch to (something).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

Similar
torch

nounA jet fighter.

Similar
fast moverfighter jetfirecan

More synonyms by meaning

nouna burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

Similar
torchblowlamp
Broader
burner
Also see
blowlampfast moverfirecanjet fightertorch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From blow + torch.

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Translations

Catalan bufador
  • bufadortool
Chinese Mandarin 噴燈 /喷灯
  • 噴燈 /喷灯 (pēndēng)tool
Czech opalovací lampa
  • opalovací lampatool
Danish blæselampe
  • blæselampetool
Dutch soldeerlamp
  • soldeerlamptool
Esperanto ŝalmo, veldilo
  • ŝalmotool
  • veldilotool
Estonian jootelamp, leeklamp
  • jootelamptool
  • leeklamptool
Finnish puhalluslamppu
  • puhalluslampputool
French chalumeau, lampe à souder
  • chalumeautool
  • lampe à soudertool
German Lötlampe
  • Lötlampetool
Greek καμινέτο
  • καμινέτο (kaminéto)tool
Irish séidlampa
  • séidlampatool
Italian lampada per saldare
  • lampada per saldaretool
Japanese トーチランプ
  • トーチランプtool
Korean 토치램프
  • 토치램프 (tochiraempeu)tool
Māori pūmura
  • pūmuratool
Norwegian Bokmål blåselampe
  • blåselampetool
Polish opalarka, lampa lutownicza
  • opalarkatool
  • lampa lutowniczatool
  • palnik lutowniczytool
Portuguese maçarico
  • maçaricotool
Russian пая́льная ла́мпа
  • пая́льная ла́мпа (pajálʹnaja lámpa)tool
Spanish soplete
  • sopletetool
Swedish blåslampa, lödlampa
  • blåslampatool
  • lödlampatool
Tagalog soplete
  • sopletetool
Thai คบเพลิง
  • คบเพลิง (kóp-pləəng)tool
Turkish pürmüz
  • pürmüztool
Vietnamese đèn xì, đèn khò
  • đèn xìtool
  • đèn khòtool
Welsh lamp losgi, chwythlamp
  • lamp losgitool
  • chwythlamptool
Cite this entry
APA

blowtorch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowtorch

MLA

“blowtorch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowtorch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blowtorch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowtorch.

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