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   What does Touchstone mean?

   • The meaning of TOUCHSTONE is a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis. How to use touchstone in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Touchstone.

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   What if you use one thing as a touchstone?

   • If you use one thing as a touchstone of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   How do you use a touchstone in a sentence?

   • If you use one thing as a touchstone of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing. [...] • standard, measure, par, criterion [...] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins. Read more

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   What is a touchstone & how does it work?

   • Did you know? Since the early 16th century, touchstone has referred to a particular kind of siliceous stone (that is, stone containing silica) used to do a particular job: determine the purity of precious metals. The process involves comparing marks made by rubbing a sample of a metal of known purity to marks made by a metal of unknown purity.

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   When was Touchstone first used?

   • The earliest known use of the word touchstone is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for touchstone is from around 1482–3, in Accounts of the Exchequer of the King's Remembrancer. touchstone is formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: touch n., stone n.

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   Where does a touchstone come from?

   • Touchstone as it is defined today comes from an actual stone. In the late 15th century, gold and silver was rubbed, or touched against black quartz — the touchstone — to determine the purity of the metals. This was done by looking at the color of the streaks left on the stone.

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   touchstone. noun [ C ] uk / ˈtʌtʃ.stəʊn / us / ˈtʌtʃ.stoʊn /. Add to word list. an established standard or principle by which something is judged: Until relatively recently, the Japanese car industry was the touchstone of international success. Compare. criterion. measure noun.

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     an established standard or principle by which something is...

   • Znaczenie Touchstone, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     TOUCHSTONE definicja: 1. an established standard or...

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     touchstone translate: sprawdzian, probierz. Learn more in...

   • Touchstone in Simplified Chinese

     TOUCHSTONE translate: 检验标准，试金石. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   touchstone in British English. (ˈtʌtʃˌstəʊn ) noun. 1. a criterion or standard by which judgment is made. 2. a hard dark siliceous stone, such as basalt or jasper, that is used to test the quality of gold and silver from the colour of the streak they produce on it. Collins English Dictionary.

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   The meaning of TOUCHSTONE is a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis. How to use touchstone in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Touchstone.

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   A complete guide to the word "TOUCHSTONE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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   Use the noun touchstone to describe a basis for comparison. For example, a filmmaker's touchstone might be her all-time favorite movie; she wants her movie to be that good or similar to it in some way.

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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word touchstone. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   an established standard or principle by which something is judged: Until relatively recently, the Japanese car industry was the touchstone of international success. Compare. criterion. measure noun. standard noun. yardstick (STANDARD) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Samples and examples.