torchlight
3
3.3
- noun
- /ˈtɔːrʧlaɪt/
:
luz de antorcha
- The clatter of their feet filled the hall, and fierce torchlight danced across the pillars.
- flickering torchlight
- torchlight parade
- illuminated by torchlight
And he says in his book, he says, think of the mind as a torch or a torch light, right?
- And he says in his book, he says, think of the mind as a torch or a torch light, right?
- But they also, they, they simulate the natural red spectrum of sunlight and the same as our ancestors might have experienced during torchlight or firelight at night.
Examples
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Their white, perfect teeth shone in the flickering torchlight. Fen sighed, realizing.
Fiction book (1990) -
Little rectangles of gold foil were already shimmering in the torchlight, held over the heads of the crowd by eager hands.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then put in another six hours by torchlight.
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Sometimes there were five or six hundred in the torchlight parade, men, women, and youngsters too.
Fiction book (1993) -
But for a moment, Jen watched the torchlight play across the faces and the glass towers beyond.
Fiction book (1990) -
ASH rides across the lowered bridge and into the torchlight of the castle.
Fiction book (1992) -
Even in the torchlight, Dumont could see that his eyes were strained and his face haggard.
Fiction book (1992) -
His youthful features flickered in the torchlight, distorting his appearance so that he looked ancient and marbleized.
Fiction book (1993) -
" Jen admired the way the torchlight glistened on Director Mugabe's brow, his tight-coiled hair.
Fiction book (1990) -
The hikers used their torchlight to navigate through the dark forest at night.
Synonyms
119
1.0
A steady soft light coming from an object or surface
61
2.0
Soft light from a burning candle that makes a room feel warm
14
2.6
Soft light from a fire in a room or fireplace
8
2.8
Light that comes from a lamp
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Torchlight comes from torch, which long ago was a stick with a 'twisted' cloth set on fire to give light. So torchlight simply means the light made by a burning torch.