Torii Definition

tôrē-ē
noun
A gateway at the entrance to a Japanese Shinto shrine, consisting of two uprights supporting a curved beam, with a straight crosspiece below.
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Origin of Torii

  • Japanese tori bird i- (from iru to dwell)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Japanese 鳥居 / とりい / torii.

    From Wiktionary

Torii Sentence Examples

  • At the foot of the hill stands a torii marking a shrine.

  • I think I like this picture of a torii gate near Hiroshima best.

  • The Japanese torii is the word for the traditional gateway commonly found at Shinto shrine entrances.

  • Torii Mor is located in Dundee, smack dab in the middle of Oregon Pinot Noir country.

  • His wines express the Burgundian style that Oregon is noted for and the Torii Mor Pinot Noir 2003 fits the mold.

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Words Starting With

TTOTOR

Words Ending With

IIIRII

Unscrambles

torii

Words Starting With T and Ending With I

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