blowtorch

noun

blow·​torch ˈblō-ˌtȯrch 

: a small burner having a device to intensify combustion by means of a blast of air or oxygen, usually including a fuel tank pressurized by a hand pump, and used especially in plumbing

Examples of blowtorch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The staff had also prepared a build-your-own hot chocolate kit, complete with a blowtorch for toasting the pillowy marshmallows—proof the Karvellas sisters have thought of everything. —Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025

For example, approximately two-thirds of all socket wrenches, band saws, blowtorches, air compressors and grinders imported into the U.S. come from that island. —Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025

Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space, argues guest columnist Christopher Cokinos. —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Jack Leiter looks more like a blowtorch and less like a flameout. —Levi Weaver, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blowtorch

• porch
• scorch
• torch

Kids Definition

blowtorch

noun

blow·​torch -ˌtȯrch 

: a small burner whose flame is made hotter by a blast of air or oxygen