oxyacetylene torch

American  

[ahk-see-uh-set-uhl-een tawrch, -in] / ˌɑk si əˈsɛt əlˌin ˈtɔrtʃ, -ˌɪn /

noun

1. Metalworking. a torch that burns a mixture of acetylene and oxygen, producing an extremely hot flame for welding and cutting metal.

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oxyacetylene torch Scientific  

/ ŏk′sē-ə-sĕt′l-ĭn,-ēn′ /

1. A gas torch that burns a mixture of acetylene and oxygen to produce a high-temperature flame (3,000°C or 5,400°F) that can weld or cut metal.

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Example Sentences

At 45, he has put away childish things, makes abstract steel things with the help of an oxyacetylene torch and gas welding.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now when a fire breaks out in a sculptor's studio, it is more likely to be caused by an unwatched oxyacetylene torch.

From Time Magazine Archive

For three hours a safe expert knifed the steel door with an oxyacetylene torch, at last swung it open Potent though the raid had been, the $84.500 was intact.

From Time Magazine Archive

An oxyacetylene torch had taken an hour to cut the window out; the lab crew, aboard the ship, were still trying to find out just what the stuff was.

From Omnilingual by Freas, Kelly