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 Working with one cake at a time, hold a kitchen blowtorch about 3 inches from each cake, and move torch back and forth as needed to brûlée meringue until toasted on all sides, about 30 seconds per cake. —

Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2023 On an island of magnificent beauty, where a wildfire as fierce as a blowtorch has left hundreds dead or missing in a redoubt of 19th-century Hawaiian kings, many local residents are crying with friends one moment, working to please vacationers the next. —

Damien Cave Michelle Mishina Kunz, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023 Police say Zanders used a blowtorch to take money from a Burger King, a United Dairy Farmers, three different McDonalds, two Chipotles, a Buffalo Wild Wings and a Panda Express. —

Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2023 The hard frame, detailed with a knife heated with a blowtorch, was painted with realistic gold coloring − edible gold dust mixed with vodka. —

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023 Legalization has also helped open the door to products that are extracted from marijuana but look nothing like it: oily, waxy, or crystalline THC concentrates that are heated and inhaled through vaping or dabbing, which can involve a bong-like device and a blowtorch. —

David Hilzenrath, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023 Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove or other open flame device. —

Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 19 Dec. 2022 And that little welder guy Whose blowtorch light’s shiny! —

Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 25 Dec. 2019 Do not use a blowtorch, kerosene or propane heater, charcoal stove or open flame. —

Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022 See More

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