adj, noun — 7 senses
UK /tɔː(ɹ)/ · US /tɔɹ/
Etymology From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.
Etymology See torus.
Architecture Alternative Alternative form of torus.
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
Etymology Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.
The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
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