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Definition: Blowtorch |
BlowtorchNoun1. A burner that produces a hot flame. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BlowtorchSynonyms: blowlamp (n), torch (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Blowtorch |
| English words defined with "blowtorch": oxyacetylene torch. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blowtorch": ARMATURE-WINDER HELPER, REPAIR ♦ BUSHER ♦ CHARGE PREPARATION TECHNICIAN, COAL-EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ♦ ladle cleaner, LADLE LINER, ladle patcher ♦ MARBLE SETTER, MOLDER, BENCH, molder, closed molds, MOLDER, PUNCH ♦ painter, railroad car, PAINTER, SHIPYARD, PEWTER FINISHER ♦ RAILROAD-CAR LETTERER ♦ sand caster, STONE REPAIRER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | A little gasoline blowtorch no problem (Beetlejuice; writing credit: Michael McDowell; Warren Skaaren) | |
Lyrics | You were there like a blowtorch burning (Runaway Train; performing artist: Soul Asylum) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Betty Blowtorch (And Her Amazing True Life Adventures) (2003) | |
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Minorities | Georgia | They tied the night watchmen and used a blowtorch to force their way into the room where all of the church's valuables were kept in a safe. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Blowtorch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Blowtorch" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
betty blowtorch | 46 |
blowtorch | 6 |
blowtorch niterider | 3 |
betty blowtorch lyrics | 3 |
betty blowtorch call last | 2 |
blowtorch blues | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "blowtorch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pipëz saldimi. (various references) | |
Arabic | موقد اللحام. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | реактивен двигател (jet, jet propulsion), горелка (blowlamp, burner, torch). (various references) | |
Chinese | 小型发焰装置. (various references) | |
Czech | opalovací lampa (blow torch, blowlamp). (various references) | |
Danish | blæselampe (blow lamp). (various references) | |
Dutch | soldeerlamp (blow lamp). (various references) | |
Farsi | چراغ جوشکاری . (various references) | |
Finnish | puhalluspoltin (blow lamp), puhalluslamppu (blowlamp), nestekaasupoltin (blow lamp), juottolamppu (blow lamp). (various references) | |
French | lampe à souder (blow torch), lampe à essence, chalumeau (blowpipe). (various references) | |
German | lötlampe (blast lamp). (various references) | |
Greek | καμινέτο (blow lamp, hot plate). (various references) | |
Hungarian | forrasztólámpa (blow-torch). (various references) | |
Indonesian | api las. (various references) | |
Italian | torcia per saldature (blow lamp), reattore (reactor). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owtorchblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | maçarico (burner, sandpiper, tattler, torch). (various references) | |
Romanian | lampã de benzinã. (various references) | |
Russian | реактивный двигатель (jet engine, jet propulsion), паяльный лампа, паяльная лампа (blowlamp). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | aparat za zavarivanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | soplete (blowpipe), soldador (soldering iron, welder), lámpara para soldar (blow lamp), lámpara de soldar. (various references) | |
Swedish | blåslampa (blowlamp, torch). (various references) | |
Turkish | lehim lâmbası (blow torch, blowlamp). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đèn hàn (blowlamp). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blowtorch": blowtorches. (additional references) | |
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"Blowtorch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Blaworth, Bloxworth, Bludworth. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-h-l-o-o-r-t-w" | |
-3 letters: blotch, brooch, cohort, coolth. | |
-4 letters: bhoot, booth, botch, broth, cholo, cloot, cloth, color, crwth, ortho, robot, rotch, rowth, thoro, throb, throw, torch, whorl, whort, worth, wroth. | |
-5 letters: bloc, blot, blow, bolo, bolt, boor, boot, bort, both, bowl, broo, brow, chow, clot, coho, colt, cool, coot, cowl, crow, hobo, holt, hoot, howl, lobo, loch. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-h-l-o-o-r-t-w" | |
+2 letters: blowtorches. | |
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