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Word | Touchstone |
Tamil Meaning | உரைகல், தரப்பரிசோதனை, கட்டளைக் கல், பொன் வௌளி உரைகல். |
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; they set the measure for all subsequent work / Lydian stone / stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion / a piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark that they made on it. / something that is used to make judgments about the quality of other things, | |
Usage | ⇒ The touchstone fell to the invaders. ⇒ What touchstone can be used to measure the character of a person?. ⇒ Good service is one touchstone of a first-class restaurant. ⇒ Small black stones were used as touchstones to test the colour, and hence purity, of gold. |
Synonyms | standard, measure, criterion, yardstick, gauge, model, benchmark, test, norm, check, canon, crucible, quantity, assay, barometer, example, ordeal, pattern, proof, rule, |
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