how to pronounce tor

/ˈtɔːɹ/

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tor is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of tor in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… super short okay okay go tor and …”

meanings of tor

noun:

A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.
A hill with such rock formation.
Initialism of terms of reference.

name:

Abbreviation of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.
Abbreviation of Toronto.

adjective:

Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").

tor frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word tor occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tor can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tor can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;