Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

held a torch for

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
held a -torch -for
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does held a torch for mean?
simple past and past participle of hold a torch for

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