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tore2

[tawr, tohr]
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noun
  1. a torus.
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Origin of tore2

< French < Latin torus
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British Dictionary definitions for tores

tore1

verb
  1. the past tense of tear 1
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tore2

noun
  1. architect another name for torus (def. 1)
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Word Origin

C17: from French, from Latin: torus
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