# Touchwood

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**Touchwood** is decayed wood used for tinder. The phrase "touch wood" is another way of describing [knocking on wood](/source/Knocking_on_wood). The terms may also refer to:

## Geography in Canada

- [Touchwood Hills](/source/Touchwood_Hills), a range of hills in Saskatchewan
- [Rural Municipality of Touchwood No. 248](/source/Rural_Municipality_of_Touchwood_No._248), Saskatchewan
- [Touchwood (electoral district)](/source/Touchwood_(electoral_district)) a former provincial electoral district which was merged to create Last Mountain-Touchwood in 1975
- [Touchwood Hills Post Provincial Park](/source/Touchwood_Hills_Post_Provincial_Park) a provincial park and historic site in Saskatchewan
- [Touchwood Lake (Alberta)](/source/Touchwood_Lake_(Alberta))
- [Touchwood Lake (Manitoba)](/source/Touchwood_Lake_(Manitoba))

## Business

- [Touchwood Pacific Partners](/source/Touchwood_Pacific_Partners), an American film financing partnership founded by The Walt Disney Company
- [Touchwood, Solihull](/source/Touchwood,_Solihull), a shopping centre in the West Midlands of England

## Culture

- *[Touch Wood](/source/Touch_Wood)*, a 1934 play by English writer Dodie Smith
- Lord and Lady Touchwood, characters in the 1693 play *[The Double Dealer](/source/The_Double_Dealer)* by English playwright William Congreve
- Mr. Touchwood, a character in the 1823 novel *[Saint Ronan's Well](/source/Saint_Ronan's_Well)* by Scottish writer Walter Scott
- "Touchwood (Forest Mix)", a song by Tangerine Dream on the 1996 album *[The Dream Mixes](/source/The_Dream_Mixes)*

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