From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flashlight
n : a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn:
torch]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
flashlight \flash"light`\ n.
a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be
held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but
other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a torch
Syn: torch.
[WordNet 1.5]