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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tor has 2 senses
- tor(n = noun.object) - a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill; is a kind of rock, stone
- tor(n = noun.object) - a high rocky hill; is a kind of hill
CIDE DICTIONARY
tor, n. [AS. torr; cf. Gael. torr. Cf. Tower.].
- A tower; a turret. Ray. [1913 Webster]
- High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle. [1913 Webster]"A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tor, n. a hill or rocky peak, esp. in Devon or Cornwall.
Etymology
OE torr: cf. Gael. t{ograve}rr bulging hill
THESAURUS
tor
Everest, Olympus, alp, crest, hilltop, hump, knoll, lofty mountains, lofty peak, mount, mountain, mountaintop, peak, pic, pico, pike, pinnacle, point, precipice, spur, summit, the wooded mountains, towering alpsROGET THESAURUS
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Height
N height, altitude, elevation, eminence, pitch, loftiness, sublimity, tallness, stature, procerity, prominence, colossus, giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard, mount, mountain, hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap, cape, headland, foreland, promontory, ridge, hog's back, dune, rising ground, vantage ground, down, moor, moorland, Alp, uplands, highlands, heights, knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump, knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole, steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough, escarpment, edge, ledge, brae, dizzy height, tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola, skyscraper, pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff, top mast, topgallant mast, ceiling, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, altimetry, batophobia, satellite, spy-in-the-sky, high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall, gigantic, Patagonian, towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens), elevated, upper, highest, high reaching, insessorial, perching, upland, moorland, hilly, knobby, mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing, cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching, aerial, overhanging, incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed, prominent, tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky, on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead, airwind, upstairs, abovestairs, in the clouds, on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of, over head and ears, breast high, over, upwards, from top to bottom, e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto.
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