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torch meaning in Myanmar

မီးတိုင် mi:tuing

UK/ˈtɔːtʃ/

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British/ˈtoːtʃ/

torch in Myanmar: မီးတိုင် (mi:tuing), မီးအိမ် (mi:im), မီးတုတ် (mi:tut). In English, torch means a stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.

Myanmar words for torch

stick of wood, etc., with one end soaked in a flammable substance and set on fire; similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material
မီးတိုင် mi:tuing, မီးအိမ် mi:im, မီးတုတ် mi:tut

English meaning of torch

  1. noun A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
  2. noun A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
  3. noun A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
  4. noun A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.

Full definition of torch

torch in a sentence

  • The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire’s castle.
  • Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.
  • That influencer torched the company’s PR department.

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Questions about torch in Myanmar

What is the meaning of torch in Myanmar?
Torch in Myanmar is မီးတိုင် (mi:tuing), မီးအိမ် (mi:im), မီးတုတ် (mi:tut).
torch ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Torch: မီးတိုင် (mi:tuing), မီးအိမ် (mi:im), မီးတုတ် (mi:tut).
What does torch mean in English?
Torch means a stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: torch (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Myanmar words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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