"torchlight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: torchlights [plural]
Etymology: From torch + light. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|torch|light}} torch + light Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} torchlight (countable and uncountable, plural torchlights)
  1. The dim light produced by a burning torch. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-torchlight-en-noun-dk0ckVMu
  2. The light produced by a flashlight. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-torchlight-en-noun-tJLs~lPO
  3. (countable, India, Malaysia, Nigeria) A torch or flashlight. Tags: India, Malaysia, Nigeria, countable
    Sense id: en-torchlight-en-noun-dr57l6K5 Categories (other): Indian English, Malaysian English, Nigerian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 32 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 29 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 20 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 19 22 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (light produced by a torch): fáklyafény (Hungarian), solas tóirse [masculine] (Irish)
Disambiguation of 'light produced by a torch': 39 41 20

Inflected forms

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