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tor.

Noun
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A prominent exposed rock formation, often on a hilltop or formed through weathering.

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  • granite tor
  • weathered tor

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A granite tor overlooked the brown moor.
Wind whistled through the cracks of the weathered tor.

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Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular tor; plural tors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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