- blowtorch
- noun Date: 1897 a small burner having a device to intensify combustion by means of a blast of air or oxygen, usually including a fuel tank pressurized by a hand pump, and used especially in plumbing
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blowtorch — ► NOUN ▪ a portable device producing a hot flame, typically used to burn off paint … English terms dictionary
blowtorch — ☆ blowtorch [blō′tôrch΄ ] n. 1. a small, liquid fuel torch that shoots out a hot flame intensified by pressurized air: it is used to melt metal, remove old paint, etc. 2. a similar device using acetylene, propane, etc. as its fuel … English World dictionary
blowtorch — UK [ˈbləʊˌtɔː(r)tʃ] / US [ˈbloʊˌtɔrtʃ] noun [countable] Word forms blowtorch : singular blowtorch plural blowtorches a blowlamp … English dictionary
blowtorch — /bloh tawrch /, n. 1. a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used esp. in metalworking. v.t. 2. to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch. [1905 10; BLOW2 + TORCH] * * * … Universalium
blowtorch — 1. noun A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame. 2. verb To apply a blowtorch to something … Wiktionary
blowtorch — [[t]blo͟ʊtɔː(r)tʃ[/t]] blowtorches N COUNT A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp … English dictionary
blowtorch — blow•torch [[t]ˈbloʊˌtɔrtʃ[/t]] n. 1) mel a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast 2) cvb to weld, burn, or ignite with or as if with a blowtorch • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
blowtorch — /ˈbloʊtɔtʃ / (say blohtawch) noun 1. a portable apparatus which gives an extremely hot flame by forcing oxyacetylene under pressure through a small nozzle and burning it in air; used in welding, etc. –phrase 2. a blowtorch to the belly,… …
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Blowtorch (disambiguation) — The word blowtorch can mean: Tools*A Blow torch, a simple heating torch, which burns fuel with ambient atmospheric air. In the UK the older, kerosene fuelled, type was called a blowlamp. *A cutting torch used for cutting metal, often used to mean … Wikipedia
