tori

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/ˈtɔ.ɹaɪ/US/ˈtoɹ.i/

noun

A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

“The American singer Tori Amos was born in 1963.”

OriginLatin tori →
Less commonScrabble 4
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Meanings

tori1

noun
  1. pluralplural of torus
  2. pluralplural onlyA protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

    While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis.

    2010 March, Andrés S. García-García, José-María Martínez-González, Rafael Gómez-Font, Ángeles Soto-Rivadeneira, Lucia Oviedo-Roldán, “Current status of the torus palatinus and torus mandibularis”, in Oral Surgery, volume 15, number 2, page 353

tori2

noun
  1. governmentOne who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.

Tori3

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.

    The American singer Tori Amos was born in 1963.

Tori4

proper noun
  1. A region of Georgia, in the central part of the country, bordered by Imereti and Kartli in the north and Meskheti and Trialeti in the south.

Origin

tori · noun

  1. Latintori“nominative/vocative plural of torus”
  2. Englishtori

Borrowed from Latin tori (“nominative/vocative plural of torus”).

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tori · noun

  1. Japanese取り
  2. Englishtori

Borrowed from Japanese 取り, from 取る (toru, “take, pick up”).

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Tori · proper noun

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Cite this entry
APA

tori. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tori

MLA

“tori.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tori. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tori,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tori.

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