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# touchstone

noun (touchstones)

«touchstone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dark stone that people once rubbed gold on to test whether it was real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchstone/#m1)
2. Something you use as a standard to judge other things by. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchstone/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales a touchstone tests treasure; in lessons a rule or example used to check other work (old use for 1).

### Examples

- The goldsmith rubbed the metal on the touchstone to test it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchstone/#x1)
- In the fairy tale the touchstone showed that the coins were fake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchstone/#x2)
- Her kind deeds were a touchstone for how we should behave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchstone/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «touchstone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchstone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«touchstone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/touchstone.html) on Mova free.