touchstonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʌtʃ.stəʊn/us/ˈtʌtʃ.stoʊn/an established standard or principle by which something is judged:
Until relatively recently, the Japanese car industry was the touchstone of international success.
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- advertisement
- aliquot
- archetype
- benchmark
- classic
- classical
- core
- cross-section
- for instance idiom
- forerunner
- illustration
- instance
- job
- quintessence
- role model
- sample
- showpiece
- sort
- swatch
- taste
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