noun
definition
A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.
definition
(South-West England) A hill with such rock formation.
definition
A tower; a turret.
Examples of tors in a Sentence
Jess Route F This year was my first year of doing 10 tors.
On the west side these extend from Blacklow Hill to Axe Edge; on the east, from Derwent Edge to near Derby; outlying masses form the rough moorland on Kinder Scout and the picturesque tors near Stanton-by-Youlgreave.
But first he designed an invasion of Kashmir (Tors), which was not carried out, as his progress was checked at Loh-kot, a strong hill fort in the north-west of the Punjab.
In regard to the Trinity, Protestantism tart his- has nothing very new to say, though " Sabellianism " tors of is revived by Swedenborg and Schleiermacher.
The moorland is capped with hundreds of exposed granite hilltops (known as tors ), providing habitats for Dartmoor wildlife.
At the finish we felt emotions words fail describe, anyone who has completed 10 tors will know what I mean.
I'd like to say thankyou to the people that make the ten tors experience possible.
You should try climbing a few tors on Dartmoor.
Teams of six have to complete a 35-mile expedition visiting ten tors on Dartmoor.
Tamara loved to be out in the sunshine and would often roam the rocky tors and verdant valleys of the moor.
We found a short valley between rugged tors which led to an open, grassy space flecked over with the white cotton grass.
The first pallid hues of daybreak where spreading across the distant tors which signaled the urgency to get off the moor.
The views are stunning on a clear day and we can often see large areas of Devon and Cornwall from the higher tors.
It's the 2,000 feet Binnian ascent finishing among the summit tors.
In synclinal structures the direction of dip is parallel to the ground surface and downslope precluding the maintenance of vertical free-faces and tors.
At the finish we felt emotions words fail describe, anyone who has completed 10 Tors will know what I mean.
I 'd like to say thankyou to the people that make the ten tors experience possible.
But there were hundreds of Teams up for it with just five weeks to Ten Tors weekend !
It 's the 2,000 feet Binnian ascent finishing among the summit tors.
Teams of six have to complete 35, 45 or 55 mile routes across Dartmoor, visiting ten of the famous Dartmoor granite tors.