blowtorch

See also: blow torch

English

An old-fashioned kerosene/paraffin blowtorch

Alternative forms

blow torch

Etymology

blow +‎ torch

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbloʊˌtoɹt͡ʃ/

Noun

blowtorch (plural blowtorches)

A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
- 1949, Popular Science (volume 155, number 6, page 120)
  When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.

Translations

tool

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Catalan: bufador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴燈／喷灯 (zh) (pēndēng)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: soldeerlamp (nl) m or f
Esperanto: ŝalmo, veldilo
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Finnish: puhalluslamppu (fi)
French: chalumeau (fr) m lampe à souder (fr) f
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German: Lötlampe (de)
Greek: καμινέτο (el) (kaminéto)
Irish: séidlampa m
Italian: lampada per saldare
Japanese: トーチランプ
Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ដុតឧស្ម័ន (ʼupaʼkɑɑ dot ʼusman)
Korean: 토치램프 (tochiraempeu)
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Polish: opalarka f, lampa lutownicza f, palnik lutowniczy m
Portuguese: maçarico (pt) f
Russian: пая́льная ла́мпа (ru) f (pajálʹnaja lámpa)
Spanish: soplete (es) m
Swedish: blåslampa (sv) c
Tagalog: suplete
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Turkish: pürmüz (tr)
Vietnamese: đèn xì (vi)
Welsh: lamp losgi f, chwythlamp f

Verb

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

To apply a blowtorch to something.

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