tor

[ tawr ]
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noun
  1. a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.

Origin of tor

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English torr<Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile

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-tor

  1. 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

2
<Latin -tor (stem -tōr-), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor-), Sanskrit -tar-

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British Dictionary definitions for tor

tor

/ (tɔː) /


noun
  1. a high hill, esp a bare rocky one

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

Origin of tor

1
Old English torr, probably of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic torr pile, Welsh twr

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