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touchstones

touchstones is the plural of touchstone.

Meaning of touchstone

Noun

touchstone (plural touchstones)

  1. A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) A standard of comparison or evaluation.
    • Near-synonym: comparator
    Synonyms:
    comparator

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Proper noun capitalized: Touchstones

Touchstones

  1. (plural) plural of Touchstone

Questions about touchstones

What is touchstones the plural of?
Touchstones is the plural of touchstone.
What part of speech is touchstones?
Touchstones is a proper noun.

Words near touchstones in the dictionary

  1. touchpoints
  2. touchproof
  3. touchscreen
  4. touchscreens
  5. touchstone
  6. touchstones
  7. toucht
  8. Touchton
  9. touchtone
  10. touchtones
  11. Touchtons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: touchstones (page history and authors); Touchstones (page history and authors); touchstone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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