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As nouns the difference between food and torch

is that food is (uncountable) any substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life while torch is a stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.

As a verb torch is

to set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).

food

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Any substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
      Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
  • (countable) A foodstuff.
  • (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
  • Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
  • * (and other bibiographic particulars) (William Shakespeare)
  • This may prove food to my displeasure.
  • * (and other bibiographic particulars) (William Wordsworth)
  • In this moment there is life and food / For future years.

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "food": raw, cooked, baked, fried, grilled, processed, healthy, unhealthy, wholesome, nutritious, safe, toxic, tainted, adulterated, tasty, delicious, fresh, stale, sweet, sour, spicy, exotic, marine.

    Synonyms

    * (substance consumed by living organisms) bellytimber, chow (slang), comestible (formal), eats (slang), feed (for domesticated animals), fodder (for domesticated animals), foodstuffs, nosh (slang), nourishment, sustenance, victuals * (anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea) brainfood * (foodstuff) bellytimber, foodstuff

    Derived terms

    * cat food * comfort food * dog food * fast food * food bank * food chain * food fight * food for thought * food pyramid * food stamp * foodstuff * foody * health food * junk food * rabbit food * seafood * soul food * whole food

    See also

    * breakfast * brunch * dinner * dunch * lunch, luncheon * meal * supper *

    Statistics

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    torch

    English

    (wikipedia torch)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
  • The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire?s castle.
  • * 1984 June–July, Frances A. Harmon, The Olympic Games - For Good and All'', '' , page 18,
  • Eleven days before the start of the Games, a flaming torch is ignited by the sun in Olympia at the ruins of the ancient Temple of Zeus.
  • * 2007 , Lee Mylne, Frommer?s Portable Australia?s Great Barrier Reef , page 87,
  • Coconut palms with white-painted trunks surround the lagoon, which is lit by flaming torches at night.
  • * 2008 April 22-28, , page 48,
  • The degradation of the torch worldwide— it had to be snuffed out more than once to protect it from protesters—even provoked angry Chinese students to mobilise “150 strong and energetic runners” to defend it in Australia, raising the spectre of violence.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
  • Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.
  • * 2003 , Margo Daly, Anne Dehne, Rough Guide to Australia , page 385,
  • There are no streetlights — so you?ll need to bring a torch with you, or buy one from Joy?s Shop, if you want to venture out at night.
  • * 2006 , Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne, Frommer?s Australia from $60 a Day , page 365,
  • It's a good idea to bring a torch (flashlight) and maybe binoculars for wildlife spotting.
  • * 2010 , Nicholas Tailey, Simon O?Connor, Examination Medicine , Elsevier Australia, page 349,
  • Use your pocket torch and shine the light from the side to gauge the reaction to light on both sides.
  • (slang, US) An arsonist.
  • Synonyms

    * (stick with flame at one end) brand * (portable electric light) flashlight (US)

    Derived terms

    * blowtorch * carry a torch for * torchbearer * torchlight * torch runner * torch singer * torch song

    See also

    * handlamp * headlamp

    Verb

    (es)
  • To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).
  • Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.

    Synonyms

    * (set fire to) burn, firebomb, ignite, inflame, set ablaze