tome
/tōm/
noun
  1. One of the books in a work of several volumes.
  2. A book, especially a large or scholarly one.
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Merriam-Webster
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TOME Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TOME is book; especially : a large or scholarly book. How to use tome in a sentence.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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TOME | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
TOME definition: 1. a large, heavy book: 2. a large, heavy book: 3. a large, heavy book. Learn more.
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Vocabulary.com
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Tome - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
A tome is a large book. If you're pre-med, chances are you're going to have one heck of a tome for your biology class. Tome is often used to refer to a book that is not only really large but also unusually important.
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Dictionary.com
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TOME Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
TOME definition: a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book. See examples of tome used in a sentence.
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Collins Dictionary
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TOME definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
3 meanings: 1. a large weighty book 2. one of the several volumes of a work indicating an instrument for cutting.... Click for more definitions.
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Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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tome noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com
Definition of tome noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary · noun · /təʊm/ /təʊm/(formal) jump to other results · a large, heavy book, especially one dealing with a serious topic · a weighty tome · Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting one volume of a larger work): from ...
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Wiktionary
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tome - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
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Oxford English Dictionary
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tome, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun tome. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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TheFreeDictionary.com
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Tome - definition of tome by The Free Dictionary
Define tome. tome synonyms, tome pronunciation, tome translation, English dictionary definition of tome. n. 1. One of the books in a work of several volumes. 2. A book, especially a large or scholarly one.
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Merriam-Webster
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Word of the Day: Tome | Merriam-Webster
When tome was first used in English, it referred to a book that was a part of a multi-volume work or a major part of a single-volume book.
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Etymonline
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Tome - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
1510s, "a single volume forming part of a multi-volume work," from French tome (16c.) or directly from Latin tomus "section of a book, tome," from Greek tomos "volume, section of a book," originally "a section, piece cut off," from temnein "to ...
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TOME - Definition in English - bab.la
volume_up UK /təʊm/noun (formalor humorous) a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly onea weighty tomeExamplesHe struggled under the weight of the heavy tomes, his twiggy arms flailing pitifully.North AmericanHeavy tomes covered much of the walls but he only ran a hand over a few of the ...
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WordReference
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tome - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
tome - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. All Free.
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Urban Dictionary
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Urban Dictionary: Tome
Tome: A very common adjective used in western Ireland. Meaning awesome, cool, amazing.