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tori

/ˈtɔ.ɹaɪ/US/ˈtoɹ.i/

tori noun: a protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog). Also the plural of torus.

Noun (1)

tori

  1. (plural, plural-only) A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).
    • While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis.2010 March, Andrés S. García-García, José-María Martínez-González, Rafael Gómez-Font, Ángeles Soto-Rivadeneira, Lucia Oviedo-Roldán, “Current status of the torus palatinus and torus mandibularis”, in...

Noun (2)

tori

  1. One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Tori

Tori

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.
    • The American singer Tori Amos was born in 1963.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tori

Tori

  1. A region of Georgia, in the central part of the country, bordered by Imereti and Kartli in the north and Meskheti and Trialeti in the south.

Also used as

tori is also the plural of torus.

tori meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

tori in Hindi

तोरी

tori in Tamil

டோரி

tori in Marathi

तोरी

tori in Bengali

তোরি, তোরী
More languagesFewer languages
tori in Telugu
టోరి, తోరి
tori in Kannada
ಟೋರಿ
tori in Punjabi
ਤੋਰੀ
tori in Gujarati
તોરી
tori in Odia
ତୋରୀ
tori in Nepali
तोरी

Origin of tori

Borrowed from Latin tori (“nominative/vocative plural of torus”).

Borrowed from Japanese 取り, from 取る (toru, “take, pick up”).

Shortening.

Words formed from tori

Phrases with tori

Questions about tori

What does tori mean?
Tori means a protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).
What is tori in Hindi?
Tori in Hindi is तोरी. See Tori meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tori?
Tori can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tori?
Tori is pronounced /ˈtɔ.ɹaɪ/.

Words near tori in the dictionary

  1. Torghuts
  2. torgoch
  3. torgochs
  4. Torgut
  5. Torguts
  6. tori
  7. tori gate
  8. tori gates
  9. Torian
  10. Torians
  11. Toribio

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tori (page history and authors); Tori (page history and authors); tori (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tori (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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