torchlight

«torchlight» in Mova's school dictionary: the light from a torch — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (torchlight — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) In history and stories, torchlight is the light of burning sticks or flaming torches. tree →

sense 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 →
• The castle hall flickered in the torchlight. tree →
• The cave walls glittered in the torchlight. tree →
• The villagers held a torchlight procession. tree →
• By torchlight, we found the path back to the tent. tree →
• In the torchlight, the shadows looked like monsters. tree →
• They took place by torchlight, and were conducted with the greatest solemnity. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• They eat tea by torchlight, which is an adventure until Lorcan gets cold.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «torchlight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.