noun
Meaning 1
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
touchwood
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌtʌt͡ʃˈwʊd/
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noun
Meaning 2
material for starting a fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kindling, tinder, spunk, punk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: igniter, ignitor, lighter
History
Etymology
Apparently from touch + wood, but perhaps the first element is derived from torch.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փտած փայտ (pʻtac pʻayt) — dry material used for fire lighting
- Bulgarian: прахан (prahan) — dry material used for fire lighting
- Czech: troud — dry material used for fire lighting
- Erzya: макшо (makšo) — dry material used for fire lighting
- Faroese: tundur — dry material used for fire lighting
- Irish: sponc — dry material used for fire lighting
- Māori: pangē — dry material used for fire lighting
- Māori: pangi — dry material used for fire lighting
- Polish: hubka — dry material used for fire lighting
- Polish: próchno — dry material used for fire lighting
- Swedish: fnöske — dry material used for fire lighting
- Swedish: tändved — dry material used for fire lighting
- Turkish: kav — dry material used for fire lighting
- Ottoman Turkish: قاو (kav) — dry material used for fire lighting