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Tor



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1 English
2 Dutch

English

Etymology

AS. torr; cf. Gael. torr. Cf. Tower.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /tɛɹ/

Noun

  1. A tower; a turret.
  2. (Prov. Eng.) High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.

Quotations

The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
—A. Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles

Dutch

Noun

tor m (plural: torren, diminutive: torretje)

  1. beetle



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