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tor

1 American  
[tawr] / tɔr /

noun

  1. a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.

-tor 2 American  

  1. a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns.

    dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.
tor British  
/ tɔː /

noun

  1. a high hill, esp a bare rocky one

  2. a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill

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Etymology

Origin of tor1

before 900; Middle English; Old English torr < Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile

Origin of -tor2

< Latin -tor (stem -tōr- ), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor- ), Sanskrit -tar-

Example Sentences

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“Bryce is an inspiration tor me, because with shorter quarterbacks, he paved the way for me to go on further to college,” Jaden said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

But tor decades Black and Hispanic students have been woefully under-represented, while Asian Americans made up more than 70% of the student body.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

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

Mr Eavis said it was at the end of that year that Mr Harkin came to Glastonbury and met Andrew Kerr, one of the festival's co-founders, walking up the tor.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2021

Clay- tor s demanding, rapid-fire instruction had laid the foundation both for the content of the work at hand and for its intensity.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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