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Word of the Day – Tor

By July 30, 2018Word of the Day

Tor (noun)

taw

A hill or rocky peak.

Old English torr, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh tor ‘belly’ and Scottish Gaelic tòrr ‘bulging hill’.

Example sentences

“Glastonbury Tor is said to be a mystical place.”

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