blowtorch

See also: blow torch

English

Etymology

An old-fashioned kerosene/paraffin blowtorch

From blow +‎ torch.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbloʊˌtoɹt͡ʃ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: blow‧torch

Noun

blowtorch (plural blowtorches)

1. A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

   Synonym: torch

2. (military slang, US) A jet fighter. [20th c.]

   Synonyms: (military slang) fast mover, fighter jet, (US military slang) firecan

   • 1949, Popular Science, volume 155, number 6, page 120:

     When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.

Alternative forms

• blow torch

Translations

tool

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• Catalan: bufador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴燈 / 喷灯 (zh) (pēndēng)

• Czech: opalovací lampa
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: soldeerlamp (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: ŝalmo, veldilo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: puhalluslamppu (fi)
• French: chalumeau (fr) m, lampe à souder (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Lötlampe (de)
• Greek: καμινέτο (el) (kaminéto)
• Irish: séidlampa m
• Italian: lampada per saldare
• Japanese: トーチランプ
• Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ដុតឧស្ម័ន (ʼupaʼkɑɑ dot ʼusman)
• Korean: 토치램프 (tochiraempeu)
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• Maori: pūmura
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• Occitan: calamèth m
• Polish: opalarka f, lampa lutownicza f, palnik lutowniczy m
• Portuguese: maçarico (pt) f
• Russian: пая́льная ла́мпа (ru) f (pajálʹnaja lámpa)
• Spanish: soplete (es) m
• Swedish: blåslampa (sv) c
• Tagalog: soplete
• Thai: คบเพลิง (th) (kóp-pləəng)
• Turkish: pürmüz (tr)
• Vietnamese: đèn xì (vi)
• Welsh: lamp losgi f, chwythlamp f

See also

• blowlamp
• cutting torch
• flamethrower
• gas-axe
• hot blue spanner (UK)
• hot wrench
• smoke wrench

Verb

blowtorch (third-person singular simple present blowtorches, present participle blowtorching, simple past and past participle blowtorched)

1. (transitive) To apply a blowtorch to (something).

Further reading

• blowtorch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia