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Meanings of touchstone in English

Portuguese
padrões
Catalan
pedra de toc
Spanish
criterio

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.

        padrões
        Usage of touchstone in English
        1
        The disengaging of the erotic motive is everything, is the only touchstone.
        A Christmas Garland
        2
        The Tories look to our conduct upon this question as the touchstone.
        A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II
        3
        We have in our own hearts a new touchstone of poetic greatness.
        Aspects of Literature
        4
        There could be no better touchstone in such a matter than Butterwell.
        The Small House at Allington
        5
        The keen disappointment Edna hides within her domestic tranquility is a touchstone.
        The Guardian
        6
        But let the fellow dispute as I do-there'sthe touchstone of learning.
        Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, E...
        7
        On Tuesday Novak Djokovic became the touchstone for a selection of grievances.
        The Irish Times
        8
        The touchstone of the Springs Preserve is the forward-thinking Desert Living Center.
        BBC
        9
        To be an idol at home, is no assured touchstone of merit.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
        10
        At this touchstone rank, fortune, all that go with them, seemed poor.
        A Little Journey in the World
        11
        Adolf Hitler is always the obvious touchstone for forewarning of a similar future.
        The South African
        12
        The touchstone of time infallibly separates the false and the true.
        American Men of Mind
        13
        Naturally, the touchstone in us becomes finer and truer the better we are.
        Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
        14
        PUE has become the touchstone for measuring data center energy efficiency.
        Wired
        15
        She seemed to hold in her hand the touchstone of truth.
        John Halifax, Gentleman
        16
        The response to this must be the touchstone of their lives.
        The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
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