| torch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. torch | a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance. |
| ~ flambeau | a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night). |
| ~ light source, light | any device serving as a source of illumination.; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" |
| n. (plant) | 2. aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein | tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches. |
| ~ flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant | any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. flashlight, torch | a small portable battery-powered electric lamp. |
| ~ electric lamp | a lamp powered by electricity. |
| ~ flashlight battery | a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights. |
| ~ penlight | a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. blowlamp, blowtorch, torch | a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame. |
| ~ burner | an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse).; "a diesel engine is an oil burner" |
| ~ oxyacetylene torch | a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene. |
| v. (change) | 5. torch | burn maliciously, as by arson.; "The madman torched the barns" |
| ~ burn, burn down, fire | destroy by fire.; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
| solo | | |
| n. (act) | 1. solo | any activity that is performed alone without assistance. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| n. (communication) | 2. solo | a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment). |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| ~ voluntary | composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance. |
| n. (act) | 3. solo | a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied. |
| ~ flying, flight | an instance of traveling by air.; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
| v. (motion) | 4. solo | fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ aviate, pilot, fly | operate an airplane.; "The pilot flew to Cuba" |
| v. (creation) | 5. solo | perform a piece written for a single instrument. |
| ~ perform | give a performance (of something).; "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" |
| adj. | 6. solo | composed or performed by a single voice or instrument.; "a passage for solo clarinet" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ unaccompanied | playing or singing without accompaniment.; "the soloist sang unaccompanied" |
| adv. | 7. alone, solo, unaccompanied | without anybody else or anything else.; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" |
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