BLOWTORCH

blowtorch, torch, blowlamp

(noun) a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blowtorch (plural blowtorches)

A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

Verb

blowtorch (third-person singular simple present blowtorches, present participle blowtorching, simple past and past participle blowtorched)

To apply a blowtorch to something.

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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