blowtorch
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈbloʊˌtɔːrʧ/
- Specialized
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soplete
- I would discover that a blowtorch works great for aging brass hardware and also you don't need caustic chemicals.
Weathering another brass pole with the blowtorch.
- Weathering another brass pole with the blowtorch.
- All that's left is exercise, and you can't make me now bring a blowtorch for that stuff.
- It was like like there were eye beams with little hieroglyphics, purple eye beams that you could not just you couldn't, you couldn't damage with the sledgehammer or blowtorch.
Examples
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Our grandfather melted down steel with a blowtorch and made small metal sculptures.
Fiction book (1990) -
Another little table held a blowtorch and a tank of gas.
Fiction book (2001) -
The damage was done by a blowtorch.
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You can see him holding a blowtorch and a rivet gun.
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Recently, in response to an abatement order, a landlord in Los Angeles used a blowtorch to remove lead paint.
Academic text (2009) -
And I used a blowtorch to just lightly burn the marshmallow frosting so it looks like a reel some more.
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In a few minutes, the blowtorch was sputtering and surging, humming out a feathery yellow flame.
Fiction book (1997) -
The welder used a blowtorch to join the metal pieces together.
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You can safely solder pipes using a blowtorch in your workshop.
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To caramelize the sugar on top of the dessert, she carefully used a small blowtorch.
Synonyms
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6.2
A tool that makes a very hot flame to cut or join metal
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7.7
A device like a blowtorch or flamethrower that makes a strong, directed flame
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6.7
A torch that makes a very hot flame to cut or join metal using oxygen and acetylene
A small handheld tool that makes a very hot flame for heating metal
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blowtorch comes from the parts blow ('to move air') and torch ('a fire on a stick'), so the name paints the picture of air making a flame stronger. That's why a blowtorch is a handheld tool that makes a very hot, focused flame for heating or joining materials.