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tor Definition

tor (tôr)

noun

a high, rocky hill

Etymology: ME < OE torr, a tower, crag < Brit

tor Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • complete: At the finish we felt emotions words fail describe, anyone who has completed 10 Tors will know what I mean.
  • do: Jess Route F This year was my first year of doing 10 tors.
  • make: I'd like to say thankyou to the people that make the ten tors experience possible.
  • climb: You should try climbing a few tors on Dartmoor.
  • visit: Teams of six have to complete a 35-mile expedition visiting ten tors on Dartmoor.

Adjective modifier

  • rocky: Tamara loved to be out in the sunshine and would often roam the rocky tors and verdant valleys of the moor.
  • rugged: We found a short valley between rugged tors which led to an open, grassy space flecked over with the white cotton grass.
  • distant: The first pallid hues of daybreak where spreading across the distant tors which signaled the urgency to get off the moor.
  • high: The views are stunning on a clear day and we can often see large areas of Devon and Cornwall from the higher tors.
  • last: The buzz was amazing, especially as we hit the last tor, my friend and I just about ran up it.
  • first: A path along the crest is easily followed across the first tor of broken rock.

Modifies a noun

  • formation: Granite tor formation In a half-day exercise at Hay Tor, you will conduct some simple geological analyzes of the Dartmoor granite.
  • estimate: I would therefore recommend that the ToR total estimate of 50 days be increased to 112.
  • weekend: But there were hundreds of Teams up for it with just five weeks to Ten Tors weekend!

Noun used with modifier

  • edi-: Load This command is used to load a new bitmap file into the bitmap edi- tor.
  • granite: Teams of six have to complete 35, 45 or 55 mile routes across Dartmoor, visiting ten of the famous Dartmoor granite tors.
  • draft: Optional on draft TOR No Is Design Review required?
  • hound: Some Dartmoor writers refer to Great Hound tor which distinguishes it from the other Hound tor on the north moor.
  • summit: It's the 2,000 feet Binnian ascent finishing among the summit tors.
  • descrip-: The fdopen function associates a stream with the existing file descrip- tor, fildes.

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