tor — English Dictionary

Noun

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

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

   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.

2. A hill with such rock formation.

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   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.

Noun

1. a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill

   Broader terms

   rockstone

2. a high rocky hill

   Broader terms

   hill