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Definition of Blowtorch
1. Noun. A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.
Generic synonyms: Burner
Specialized synonyms: Oxyacetylene Torch
Derivative terms: Torch
Definition of Blowtorch
1. Noun. A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame. ¹
2. Verb. To apply a blowtorch to something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blowtorch
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowtorch
Literary usage of Blowtorch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"... or a blowtorch, furnishes the heat which converts it into steam. The wood to
be steamed is placed in the box, and the open end is closed by stuffing a ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of war risk insurance. Division of military and naval insurance, United States (1917)
"Use gasoline blowtorch and fire bricks to show that it will furnish enough heat
for light work. Explain purpose of flux. 2. Fit a sleeve or piece of larger ..."
3. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"General Buckner captured the fancy of the media with his metaphor about the "blowtorch
and corkscrew" tactics needed for effective cave warfare, ..."
4. Practical Electric Wiring by John MacLaren Sharp (1916)
"Gasoline blowtorch.—To start a gasoline blowtorch proceed as follows: First,
select a place where there is no material that burns readily and where the ..."
5. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"... may be most readily done by means of a blowtorch. Such a torch may be made
from pipe fittings in the man- ner illustrated. ..."
6. Journal of the New England Water Works Association by New England Water Works Association (1912)
"In other words, to paint the inside of a standpipe, which I have never done, you
would apply it hot with a brush, and then take a blowtorch and warm the ..."
7. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"... or a blowtorch, furnishes the heat which converts it into steam. The wood to
be steamed is placed in the box, and the open end is closed by stuffing a ..."
8. Bulletin by United States Bureau of war risk insurance. Division of military and naval insurance, United States (1917)
"Use gasoline blowtorch and fire bricks to show that it will furnish enough heat
for light work. Explain purpose of flux. 2. Fit a sleeve or piece of larger ..."
9. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"General Buckner captured the fancy of the media with his metaphor about the "blowtorch
and corkscrew" tactics needed for effective cave warfare, ..."
10. Practical Electric Wiring by John MacLaren Sharp (1916)
"Gasoline blowtorch.—To start a gasoline blowtorch proceed as follows: First,
select a place where there is no material that burns readily and where the ..."
11. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"... may be most readily done by means of a blowtorch. Such a torch may be made
from pipe fittings in the man- ner illustrated. ..."
12. Journal of the New England Water Works Association by New England Water Works Association (1912)
"In other words, to paint the inside of a standpipe, which I have never done, you
would apply it hot with a brush, and then take a blowtorch and warm the ..."
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