tor

noun

Definition of tornext
as in butte

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tor
  1. butte
  2. bluff
  3. hogback
  4. scar
  5. precipice
  6. cliff
  7. crag
  8. scarp
Noun
  • The new age movement brought flocks of people to its buttes, canyons and trails.
    — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Hotel Yellowstone sits on a butte that overlooks the mountain range and each of the property’s 36 suites are privately situated in clusters across the four-acre property.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
Definition of butte
Noun
  • But with the White House continuing to insist that Goldberg lied and that nothing was classified, The Atlantic called their bluff and published them in full, complete with missile-launch schedules and juvenile fist-bump emojis.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The idea of moving the tracks off the bluff into a tunnel has been around for many years.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of bluff
Noun
  • These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
Definition of hogback
Noun
  • Old friends with new scars, trying not to aggravate the wounds of yesterday.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Kilmer says the cancer is gone, but its scars linger.
    — Barbara VanDenburgh, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of scar
Noun
  • Women’s football stands on the precipice of a profound metamorphosis.
    — Priya Oberoi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But Paso’s reputation as a big red wine destination does seem to be on the precipice of change.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of precipice
Noun
  • Researchers uncovered the tomb at the mountain, at the base of a high desert cliff where strong winds carry gusts of sand.
    — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The burial chamber was uncovered at the base of a desert cliff almost 23 feet beneath Abydos, one of Egypt’s oldest cities about 300 miles south of Cairo and roughly six miles from the Nile River.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of cliff
Noun
  • Mount Lemmon, the tallest peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is a premier climbing destination with more than 2,700 routes ranging from beginner-friendly crags to expert-level ascents.
    — Visit Tucson, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Both islands share a granitic composition, leading to the rocky crags bookending sandy coves.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of crag
Noun
  • The rupturing fault created an approximately 20 meters (or 65 feet) high new scarp on the seafloor, which in turns caused the water displacement and a series of six tsunami moving both east towards Sumatra, and west towards Sri Lanka, India and Africa—eventually reaching the Atlantic and Pacific.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of scarp
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