blowtorch

[ bloh-tawrch ]
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noun

  1. a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used especially in metalworking.

verb (used with object)

  1. to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch.

Origin of blowtorch

1
First recorded in 1905–10; blow2 + torch1

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British Dictionary definitions for blowtorch

blowtorch

/ (ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ) /

noun

  1. a small burner that produces a very hot flame, used to remove old paint, melt soft metal, etc

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