tor

• POS: Noun

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 alps

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tor

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.