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# torchlight

noun (torchlight — uncountable)

«torchlight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Torchlight is the light from a torch. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand a torch is a battery light you hold (a flashlight in the USA). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#m1)
2. In history and stories, torchlight is the light of burning sticks or flaming torches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it sets a scene: in a cave, at night, at a castle or a procession. Phrases: by torchlight, in the torchlight, a torchlight procession.

### Examples

- We read comics under the covers by torchlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#x1)
- The castle hall flickered in the torchlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#x2)
- The cave walls glittered in the torchlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#x3)
- The villagers held a torchlight procession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#x4)
- By torchlight, we found the path back to the tent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#x5)
- In the torchlight, the shadows looked like monsters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#x6)
- They took place by torchlight, and were conducted with the greatest solemnity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural. UK torch = US flashlight; a flaming torch is a stick with fire at the end. American readers may picture flames rather than a battery light.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «torchlight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«torchlight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/torchlight.html) on Mova free.