Definitions for torii

torii to·ri·i

Spelling: [tawr-ee-ee, tohr-]
IPA: /ˈtɔr iˌi, ˈtoʊr-/

Torii is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in torii (iiort).

Definitions for torii

noun

  1. (in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.

Origin of torii

1720-30; Japanese, equivalent to tori bird + (w)i perch

Examples for torii

The usual etymology of torii is bird-perch; from Torĭ, a bird.

In subject and in manner, it is the torii tradition that he carries on.

The whole is called a torii, and appears only at the entrance of a Shinto temple.

In front of the temple stands a wooden arch, called a torii.

This was the torii or bird-perch, and anciently was made only of unpainted wood.

All the beautiful gateways or torii, as they are called, are works of art.

In one spot there was a stack of torii lying on their sides.

Kiyonobu I, the founder of the torii line, was born in 1664 and died in 1729.

This latter I will describe when Japan, the land of the torii, is the topic.

At the outermost gate, the torii, the ceremony of purification, took place.

Word Value for torii
Scrable

5

Words with friends

5

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