TOUCHSTONE

Meaning of TOUCHSTONE in English

■ noun

1》 a piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the colour of the mark which they made on it.

2》 a standard or criterion.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TOUCHSTONE — noun Date: 1530 a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of gold and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOUCHSTONE — Black, silica-containing stone used in assaying to determine the purity of gold and silver . The metal to be assayed …
Английский словарь Британика
TOUCHSTONE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — (n.) Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.
Английский словарь Webster
TOUCHSTONE — (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak …
Английский словарь Webster
TOUCHSTONE — ( n. ) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — ( n. ) Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — /tuch"stohn'/ , n. 1. a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing. 2. a black siliceous stone formerly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — n. yardstick, criterion
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOUCHSTONE — noun Date: 1530 1. : a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOUCHSTONE — noun any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried. 2. touchstone ·noun lydian stone; basanite; …
Webster English vocab
TOUCHSTONE — [touch.stone] n (1530) 1: a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of gold …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOUCHSTONE — black siliceous stone used to ascertain the purity of gold and silver. Assaying by touch was one of the earliest …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOUCHSTONE — a cynical court jester who comments on human foibles in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Touchstone is a member of …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOUCHSTONE — touchstone BrE AmE ˈtʌtʃ stəʊn AmE \ -stoʊn ▷ touchstone|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — / ˈtʌtʃstəʊn; NAmE -stoʊn/ noun [ usually sing. ] touchstone (of / for sth) ( formal ) something that provides …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — touch ‧ stone /ˈtʌtʃstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: touchstone 'stone used for testing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCHSTONE — n. 1 a fine-grained dark schist or jasper used for testing alloys of gold etc. by marking it with them …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOUCHSTONE — n. 1 a fine-grained dark schist or jasper used for testing alloys of gold etc. by marking it with them …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — n.1 a fine-grained dark schist or jasper used for testing alloys of gold etc. by marking it with them and …
Oxford English vocab
TOUCHSTONE — ( touchstones) If you use one thing as a touchstone of another, you use it as a test or standard …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At its core would be using inflation-adjusted interest rates on short-term credit as its touchstone …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOUCHSTONE — [noun] [C] - an established standard or principle by which something is judgedIn business, having a large share of the …
Cambridge English vocab
TOUCHSTONE — n. Black, silica-containing stone used in assaying to determine the purity of gold and silver . The metal to be …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOUCHSTONE — n. standard, yardstick, criterion, reference, benchmark, test, norm, measure His craftsmanship is the touchstone by which the others are judged
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOUCHSTONE — сущ. 1) пробирный камень; оселок 2) критерий; пробный камень Syn : standard пробирный камень; оселок критерий, пробный камень - the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCHSTONE — touchstone.ogg ʹtʌtʃstəʋn n 1. пробирный камень; оселок 2. критерий, пробный камень the touchstone of realism of poetry - пробный камень …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOUCHSTONE — touchstone сущ.1) пробирный камень; оселок 2) критерий; пробный камень Syn:standard 3) черный мрамор; базальт
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TOUCHSTONE — n 1. пробирный камень; оселок 2. критерий, пробный камень the touchstone of realism of poetry - пробный камень реализма поэзии …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCHSTONE — сущ. 1) пробирный камень; оселок 2) критерий; пробный камень Syn : standard пробирный камень; оселок критерий, пробный камень - the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCHSTONE — n. Pronunciation: ' t ə ch- ˌ st ō n Function: noun Date: 1530 1 : a black siliceous stone …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — (~s) If you use one thing as a ~ of another, you use it as a test or standard by …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOUCHSTONE — Synonyms and related words : acid test, assay, barometer, benchmark, blank determination, brouillon, canon, check, criterion, crucial test, crucible, degree, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOUCHSTONE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: STANDARD 3, benchmark, criterion, gauge, measure, yardstick Related Words: check, test, trial; barometer, scale; demonstration, proof
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TOUCHSTONE — n. 1. Basanite, black jasper, Lydian stone. 2. Test, criterion, proof, ordeal, assay, touch.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TOUCHSTONE — noun Synonyms: standard 3, benchmark, criterion, gauge, measure, yardstick Related Word: check, test, trial; barometer, scale; demonstration, proof
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOUCHSTONE — n. 25B6; noun CRITERION, standard, yardstick, benchmark, barometer, litmus test; measure, point of reference, norm, gauge, test, guide, exemplar, model, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOUCHSTONE — Критерий
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCHSTONE — 1) геол. базанит 2) критерий 3) пробирный камень
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TOUCHSTONE — (n) базальт; критерий; оселок; пробирный камень; пробный камень
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — n 1. пробирный камень; оселок 2. критерий, пробный камень the ~ of realism [of poetry] - пробный камень реализма [поэзии] …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TOUCHSTONE — n. пробирный камень, оселок, критерий, пробный камень
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TOUCHSTONE — n. пробирный камень, оселок, критерий, пробный камень
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TOUCHSTONE — сущ. 1) пробирный камень; оселок 2) критерий; пробный камень Syn: standard 3) черный мрамор; базальт
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TOUCHSTONE — сущ. 1) пробирный камень; оселок 2) критерий; пробный камень Syn: standard 3) черный мрамор; базальт
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TOUCHSTONE — _n. 1> пробирный камень; оселок 2> критерий; пробный камень _Syn: standard
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TOUCHSTONE — n. 1. пробирный камень; оселок 2. критерий; пробный камень Syn: standard
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TOUCHSTONE — пробирный камень; оселок критерий; пробный камень
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TOUCHSTONE — _n. 1> пробирный камень; оселок 2> критерий; пробный камень
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TOUCHSTONE — [n.] 1) пробирный камень, оселок 2) критерий, стандарт
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — n 1) пробирный камень, оселок; 2) критерий, стандарт
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
TOUCHSTONE — критерий
English-Russian Online Dictionary
TOUCHSTONE — критерий; пробный камень
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
TOUCHSTONE — пробный камень
Англо-Русский словарь

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