How to pronounce touchwood
American English pronunciation
TUCH-wood
- IPA
- /ˈtʌtʃˌwʊd/
- Syllables
- TUCH · wood (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What touchwood means
Dry, crumbly rotten wood that catches a spark easily
In a sentence: The campers carried a bag of touchwood to get their fire going.
Where it comes from: It seems to come from touch and wood, but the first part may come from the word torch.
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