tor

noun

Definition of tornext
as in butte

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  1. butte
  2. bluff
  3. scar
  4. precipice
  5. cliff
  6. embankment
  7. escarpment
  8. crag
Noun
  • The $450 million carbon-neutral library blends seamlessly into the rolling buttes.
    — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Each summer, runners carry prayers more than 50 miles from the town of Bluff, Utah, to the high country below the buttes, and the White Mesa Ute community beside the monument holds its Bear Dance each year.
    — Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of butte
Noun
  • The village’s bluff alongside the Missouri River once served as a landmark for Indigenous communities, who also used flint, abundant in the area, to make tools and weapons.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Does that render all that talk about moving to Tennessee and Texas as a massive bluff by Ellison’s team?
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of bluff
Noun
  • Sanitation crews are also working to clear debris and shore up burn scar areas to mitigate flood risks, Mayor Karen Bass’ office said in a statement.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But Kye is insecure about the scars on his chest and on his head, so the girl agrees to blindfold herself with a silk scarf before meeting him.
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of scar
Noun
  • Meanwhile the Fed is on the precipice of raising its benchmark short-term interest rate.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Last season, set pieces propped the floor up just above the relegation precipice.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of precipice
Noun
  • They are hidden among the landscaped terraces that dot the cliff, a classic image of Amalfi.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Despite the pitch of the cliff wall, Parrack found no conclusive evidence of where Bernadette had struck it.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of cliff
Noun
  • Photos from the scene show the aircraft off the paved runway and partially down a grassy embankment near the airport.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • At a road embankment in Utqiaġvik, our team used fiber-optic cables to collect temperature and seismic data.
    — Ming Xiao, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of embankment
Noun
  • The researchers say the ancient escarpment may have influenced river systems, sediment transport and the flooding of continental interiors long before the rapid diversification of complex life during the Cambrian explosion.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Built around a towering sandstone escarpment that rises through the centre of the property, surrounded by a deliciously cold pool, the architecture was conceived in careful negotiation with the landscape.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
Definition of escarpment
Noun
  • Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Prepare to be awestruck during your first view of Crater Lake, a massive cobalt waterway flanked by a dome of steep crag.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But, typical of Hockney portraiture, the resulting drawings magnificently captured every crag in Auden’s impossibly craggy face.
    — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
Definition of crag
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