tor

[ tawr ]

/ tɔr /

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noun

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

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Origin of tor

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

-tor

a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns: dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.

Origin of -tor

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

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Examples from the Web for tor

Relays are special computers that Tor uses to anonymously transmit traffic across the Internet.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tor, on the other hand, has been an Internet staple for years.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Onion routers refers to the TOR network, a system that allows users to mask their location and communicate anonymously online.
ISIS Keeps Getting Better at Dodging U.S. Spies|Shane Harris, Noah Shachtman|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On the streets of Tor Sapienza, however, the battle rages on.
In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even as he spoke there came a damsel riding hard on a palfrey, and she cried with a loud voice on Sir Tor to grant her a boon.
Stories of the Days of King Arthur|Charles Henry Hanson
A very gentle wind, which dived over the tor tops into the young fern; stole down at her, spiced with the fern sap.
The Patrician|John Galsworthy
The late afternoon sun lit up the valley away to the left, which the Tor had hitherto concealed from their view.
Will of the Mill|George Manville Fenn
This town of Tor is small but well situated, all its inhabitants being Christians who speak Arabic.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI|Robert Kerr
Tor di Rocca was looking at her now with the old insolent smile in his red-brown eyes.
Olive in Italy|Moray Dalton

British Dictionary definitions for tor

tor

/ (tɔː) /

noun

a high hill, esp a bare rocky one

mainly Southwest English a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill

Word Origin for tor

Old English torr, probably of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic torr pile, Welsh twr

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Word Origin and History for tor

tor

"high, rocky hill," Old English torr "tower, rock." Obviously cognate with Gaelic torr "lofty hill, mound," Old Welsh twrr "heap, pile;" and probably ultimately from Latin turris "high structure" see tower (n.)). But sources disagree on whether the Celts borrowed it from the Anglo-Saxons or the other way round.