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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
- Touchwood Hills, a range of hills in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
- Touchwood (electoral district) a former provincial electoral district which was merged to create Last Mountain-Touchwood in 1975
- Rural Municipality of Touchwood No. 248, in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Touchwood Lake (Alberta)
- Touchwood Lake (Manitoba)
- Touchwood Lake (Saskatchewan)
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
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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