torchlight

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noun

The dim light produced by a burning torch.

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Meanings

nountorchlight (countable and uncountable, plural torchlights)

plural torchlights

  1. countableuncountableThe dim light produced by a burning torch.

    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.

    1953 January, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 68
  2. countableuncountableThe light produced by a flashlight.
  3. IndiaMalaysiaNigeriaSingaporecountableA torch or flashlight.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
torch

Origin

From torch + light.

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Translations

Hungarian fáklyafény
  • fáklyafénylight produced by a torch
Irish solas tóirse
  • solas tóirselight produced by a torch
Cite this entry
APA

torchlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torchlight

MLA

“torchlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torchlight. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torchlight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torchlight.

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