tor

plural tors

1. geographyA craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.

   Questing for high adventures among boulders and rocky tors, and cursing a heart made of stone, [...].

   Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 207

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   Bursdon and Welsford were then, as now, a rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree, […]

   1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 183

   The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.

   1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Second Report of Dr. Watson”, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902, →OCLC, page 207

2. South-West EnglandA hill with such rock formation.

   She had slipped the letters into her pocket next to the packet of antique documents and had taken an umbrella—as the sky was ominous out over the distant tors—and strolled around the manor house and down the road toward the village.

   2008, Lydia Joyce, Shadows of the Night, Signet Eclipse, →ISBN, page 242

comparative more tor · superlative most tor

1. alternativeAlternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").

1. abbreviationinitialismpluralplural onlymanagementInitialism of terms of reference.

   Synonyms: ToR, TofR

2. abbreviationinitialismpluralplural onlyeducationInitialism of transcript of records, an official record of a student's or graduate's academic achievements at the college or university level, including all courses taken, grades earned, and credits.

alternative Tor. · alternative Tor

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Toronto.

alternative tor · alternative TOR · alternative T.O.R.

1. abbreviationacronymcomputingAcronym of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.

   Two weeks before Ulbricht was sentenced, his lawyer sought to dispel the notion that his website, which enabled people around the world to anonymously buy politically disfavored intoxicants with bitcoin via the Tor network, was "a more dangerous version of a traditional drug marketplace."

   2025 January 20, Jacob Sullum, “Why Trump Should Keep His Promise To Free Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht”, in Reason, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025

alternative Tor. · alternative TOR · alternative TOR.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Toronto.

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of transcript of records.
2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of terms of reference.

   What I am seeing is governance committees (and therefore, whole Boards) being exposed to risk through the ‘cut n paste’ development of their ToR.

   2024 August 29, David Hammond, “Chief executive performance committees”, in LG: New Zealand Local Government, volume 61, →ISSN, page 32

   Synonyms: TOR, TofR

3. symboluncountableSymbol for tons of refrigeration.

   Synonyms: TR, RT