"blowtorch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbloʊˌtoɹt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Forms: blowtorches [plural]
Etymology: blow + torch Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blow|torch}} blow + torch Head templates: {{en-noun}} blowtorch (plural blowtorches)
  1. A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame. Categories (topical): Fire, Tools Translations (tool): bufador [masculine] (Catalan), 噴燈 (Chinese Mandarin), 喷灯 (pēndēng) (Chinese Mandarin), soldeerlamp [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ŝalmo (Esperanto), veldilo (Esperanto), puhalluslamppu (Finnish), chalumeau m lampe à souder [feminine] (French), Lötlampe (German), καμινέτο (kaminéto) (Greek), séidlampa [masculine] (Irish), lampada per saldare (Italian), トーチランプ (Japanese), ឧបករណ៍ដុតឧស្ម័ន (ʼupaʼkɑɑ dot ʼusman) (Khmer), 토치램프 (tochiraempeu) (Korean), opalarka [feminine] (Polish), lampa lutownicza [feminine] (Polish), palnik lutowniczy [masculine] (Polish), maçarico [feminine] (Portuguese), пая́льная ла́мпа (pajálʹnaja lámpa) [feminine] (Russian), soplete [masculine] (Spanish), blåslampa [common-gender] (Swedish), suplete (Tagalog), pürmüz (Turkish), đèn xì (Vietnamese), lamp losgi [feminine] (Welsh), chwythlamp [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-blowtorch-en-noun-S4s0lhY6 Disambiguation of Fire: 44 53 2 Disambiguation of Tools: 57 19 24 Disambiguation of 'tool': 100 0
  2. (US, military, slang) A jet fighter. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Military, Fire
    Sense id: en-blowtorch-en-noun-nWevbEoX Disambiguation of Fire: 44 53 2 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 73 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 80 2 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blow torch Related terms: blowlamp, cutting torch, flamethrower, gas-axe, hot blue spanner [UK], hot wrench, smoke wrench

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbloʊˌtoɹt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Forms: blowtorches [present, singular, third-person], blowtorching [participle, present], blowtorched [participle, past], blowtorched [past]
Etymology: blow + torch Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blow|torch}} blow + torch Head templates: {{en-verb}} blowtorch (third-person singular simple present blowtorches, present participle blowtorching, simple past and past participle blowtorched)
  1. To apply a blowtorch to something.
    Sense id: en-blowtorch-en-verb-hk1itJ2Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blow torch

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пая́льная ла́мпа"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soplete"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blåslampa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "suplete"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "pürmüz"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "đèn xì"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lamp losgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwythlamp"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "blowtorch"
  ],
  "word": "blowtorch"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Fire",
    "en:Tools"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blow",
        "3": "torch"
      },
      "expansion": "blow + torch",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "blow + torch",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blowtorches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blowtorching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blowtorched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blowtorched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blowtorch (third-person singular simple present blowtorches, present participle blowtorching, simple past and past participle blowtorched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To apply a blowtorch to something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apply",
          "apply"
        ],
        [
          "blowtorch",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbloʊˌtoɹt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "blow torch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "blowtorch"
  ],
  "word": "blowtorch"
}

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