touchstone
11Touchstone — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Touchstone peut désigner: Le studio de cinéma Touchstone Pictures La filiale télévision de ce studio Touchstone Television renommé ABC Television Studio… …
12touchstone — UK [ˈtʌtʃˌstəʊn] / US [ˈtʌtʃˌstoʊn] noun [countable] Word forms touchstone : singular touchstone plural touchstones a standard that is used for testing or judging other things touchstone for/of: a dictionary that is a touchstone for legal… …
13touchstone — touch|stone [ˈtʌtʃstəun US stoun] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: touchstone stone used for testing the quality of gold and silver (16 21 centuries)] something used as a test or standard touchstone of ▪ Pupil behaviour was seen as the touchstone of… …
14touchstone — noun Date: 1530 1. a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak left on the stone when rubbed by the metal 2. a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a… …
15touchstone — touch|stone [ tʌtʃ,stoun ] noun count a standard that is used for testing or judging other things: touchstone for/of: a dictionary that is a touchstone for legal definitions …
16touchstone — [[t]tʌ̱tʃstoʊn[/t]] touchstones N COUNT: usu N of/for n 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. Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees …
17touchstone — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. standard, test, criterion; see proof 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [TUCH stone] any measure or test for worth or genuineness, a standard. His masterpiece was the touchstone against which all others… …
18touchstone — noun (C) something used as a test or standard (+ of): Pupil behaviour was seen as the touchstone of quality of the school system …
19touchstone — noun the declaration was considered a touchstone for Soviet dissidents Syn: criterion, standard, yardstick, benchmark, barometer, bellwether, litmus test; measure, point of reference, norm, gauge, test, guide, exemplar, model, pattern …
20Touchstone (band) — Touchstone Origin Hertfordshire, England Genres Progressive rock, progressive metal Years active 2003 present Website …
