1. tor - Noun
2. tor - Adjective
3. Tor - Proper noun
A tower; a turret.
High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBack in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regular writer for the site. Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Any time I connect to a website other than Wikipedia, it's through Tor. Richard Stallman
You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours. Blythe Danner
Tor is the hard one. They employ a lot of editors, whose tastes vary. They don't always indicate who has edited what (on the choice of the editor, I think) so editor stalking can be more difficult with Tor. Ear-tagging works but is rather surprisingly illegal. James Nicoll
Moteleȝ may so meke and mylde", Þen sayde I to þat lufly flor, "Bryng me to þat bygly bylde And let me se þy blysful bor." Þat schene sayde: "Þat God wyl schylde; Þou may not enter wythinne hys tor. Pearl Poet
Accordingly, Williamson posits that the Tor was named after the glassy mansion of the dead. Source: Internet