a high hill, esp a bare rocky one
a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill
before 900; Middle English; Old English torr < Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile
< Latin -tor (stem -tōr- ), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor- ), Sanskrit -tar-
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It is just a very subtle difference, but I still truly believe this England squad have the personnel to win trophies and to be able to do that they have tor recognise scenarios of dominance.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
If you're foregoing and just placing directly on the cookie sheet, just be mindful that it might be a bit tricky tor remove after cooking.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023
That news comes a month after Moderna said it would ask regulators to OK its two doses tor the youngest kids.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
But tor the women here, there’s a feeling that the line between paranoia and credible fear has been erased.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2018
Then, for fear that its brief relapse into prose might have hardened the tyrant’s heart, it launched out breathlessly into Genevieve, tor the third time.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Regrā′ter, -tor, a huckster who buys and sells provisions in the same fair; Regrā′ting.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
See -ter, -ther. -tor, the agent, as conductor.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Thou wast the daughter of my tu- -tor, law professor at the U- -niversity of Gottingen, -niversity of Gottingen.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
There’s plenty to love about “Blood of My Blood,” especially a return to the 18th century Highlands, with tartans, castles and craggy tors aplenty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
From tree-topped tors to man-made monoliths, people shared with BBC News their particular sights - and sites - that means the trip is nearing its end.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2017
Their inves- tors, usually a combination of larger money-management firms and wealthy individuals, presented them with billions of dollars to trade.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 4, 2014
In Fae's case, doc tors said, the left side of the organ was virtually nonexistent.
From Time Magazine Archive
After seeing Stonehenge I felt so certain it must be Druidical that it was disappointing to hear it wasn't—that all such theories about the tors had "exploded."
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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