"tor" meaning in English

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        "General-Australian",
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-tor.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/En-au-tor.ogg/En-au-tor.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/En-au-tor.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "torr"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tore (horse–hoarse merger)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tour (UK, pour–poor merger)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "taw (non-rhotic)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tor"
  ],
  "word": "tor"
}