torch meaning in Pashto
مشعل maš'al
UK/ˈtɔːtʃ/
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British/ˈtoːtʃ/
torch in Pashto: مشعل (maš'al). 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.
Pashto 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
- مشعل maš'al
English meaning of torch
- 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.
- noun A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
- noun A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
- noun A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.
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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torch in other languages
Questions about torch in Pashto
- What is the meaning of torch in Pashto?
- Torch in Pashto is مشعل (maš'al).
- torch په پښتو کې څه معنی لري؟
- Torch: مشعل (maš'al).
- 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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