Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A high rock or pile of rocks on the top of a hill.
- noun A rocky peak or hill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hard; difficult; wearisome; tedious.
- Strong; sturdy; great; massive.
- Full; rich.
- noun A hill; a rocky eminence.
- noun See
tore . - noun A Middle English form of
tower .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A tower; a turret.
- noun Prov. Eng. High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
craggy outcrop ofrock on thesummit of ahill . - noun South-West England A
hill . - noun UK, dialect A
tower ; aturret . - noun Alternative form of
tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
- noun a high rocky hill
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A geologist told me awhile ago that this tor is a remnant of the glacial period.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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Can’tor is right up there with the most despicable of the GOP losers.
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The new editor is Wen Stephenson, who has been at Ideas for a while and, before that, was managing editor for Frontline’s website.
oroboros commented on the word tor
Rot in reverse.
November 3, 2007
punchcard commented on the word tor
See also cairn
September 27, 2008