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pencil torch

pencil torch noun: a small, long and thin flashlight.

Noun

pencil torch (plural pencil torches)

  1. A small, long and thin flashlight.
    • He risked a quick glance with his pencil torch and immediately the underbelly of the mass of brown tree-coral came alive.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 202

Forms of pencil torch

pluralpencil torches

Questions about pencil torch

What does pencil torch mean?
Pencil torch means a small, long and thin flashlight.
What part of speech is pencil torch?
Pencil torch is a noun.
What is the plural of pencil torch?
The plural of pencil torch is pencil torches.

Words near pencil torch in the dictionary

  1. pencil stubs
  2. pencil test
  3. pencil tests
  4. pencil topper
  5. pencil toppers
  6. pencil torch
  7. pencil torches
  8. pencil tower
  9. pencil towers
  10. pencil tree
  11. pencil trees

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