tor
noun/tɔː(r)/
/tɔːr/
- a small hill with rocks at the top, especially in parts of south-west EnglandTopics Geographyc2Word OriginOld English torr, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh tor ‘belly’ and Scottish Gaelic tòrr ‘bulging hill’.
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