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touchwood

Syllables: touch·wood/ˌtʌt͡ʃˈwʊd/

touchwood noun: decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

Noun

touchwood (uncountable)

  1. Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

touchwood meaning in Tamil

touchwood in Tamil

பற்றுக்கட்டை

Origin of touchwood

Apparently from touch + wood, but perhaps the first element is derived from torch.

Questions about touchwood

What does touchwood mean?
Touchwood means decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
What is touchwood in Tamil?
Touchwood in Tamil is பற்றுக்கட்டை. See Touchwood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is touchwood?
Touchwood is a noun.
How do you pronounce touchwood?
Touchwood is pronounced /ˌtʌt͡ʃˈwʊd/.

Words near touchwood in the dictionary

  1. touchtones
  2. Touchtons
  3. touchup
  4. touchups
  5. touchweight
  6. touchwood
  7. touchy
  8. touchy-feeler
  9. touchy-feelers
  10. touchy-feeliness
  11. touchy-feely

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: touchwood (page history and authors); touchwood (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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