Touchwood

Touchwood is decayed wood used for tinder. The phrase "touch wood" is another way of describing knocking on wood. The terms may also refer to

Geography

Business

  • Touchwood Pacific Partners, an American film financing partnership founded by The Walt Disney Company
  • Touchwood, Solihull, a shopping centre in the West Midlands of England
  • Touchwood Animation Ltd. is the animation studio of Andy Frain
  • Touchwood Asia, is the financial technology solution provider based in Taiwan/Netherlands

Culture

  • Lord and Lady Touchwood are characters in the 1693 comic play The Double Dealer by English playwright William Congreve
  • Mr. Touchwood is a character in the 1823 novel Saint Ronan's Well by Scottish writer Walter Scott
  • Touch Wood is a 1934 play by English writer Dodie Smith
  • "Touchwood" is a song on the 1996 electronic music album The Dream Mixes by Tangerine Dream


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