Associations to the word «Tor»

Wiktionary

TOR, adjective. Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").
TOR, noun. A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill.
TOR, noun. (South-West England) A hill.
TOR, noun. (UK) (dialect) A tower; a turret.
TOR, proper noun. Toronto
TOR, noun. (computing) An implementation of second-generation onion routing.
TOR, proper noun. Abbreviation of Toronto.

Dictionary definition

TOR, noun. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
TOR, noun. A high rocky hill.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats