1
: book
especially
: a large or scholarly book
2
: a volume forming part of a larger work
1
: part : segment
myotome
2
: cutting instrument
microtome
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Noun
a long tome on European history
picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s a cavernous sublevel housing the Radical Media Archive, which houses more than 2,000 rare and historical books, magazines and posters from the counterculture era of the ’50s to the ’80s, as well as contemporary tomes on graphic designs and photography.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Painted the shade of Coca-Cola, a brooding burgundy-brown that pops against the English mahogany table’s white chairs, they are lined with tomes that peek through ornate metal screens.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2024
The young boy’s father replaced his son’s rudimentary mammal book with a more comprehensive tome by J.G. Wood, an English author of popular volumes on natural history.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Co-authoring a tome with Patterson has become something of a status symbol among a certain A-list milieu; unsurprisingly, he’s been flooded with offers.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s a cavernous sublevel housing the Radical Media Archive, which houses more than 2,000 rare and historical books, magazines and posters from the counterculture era of the ’50s to the ’80s, as well as contemporary tomes on graphic designs and photography.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Painted the shade of Coca-Cola, a brooding burgundy-brown that pops against the English mahogany table’s white chairs, they are lined with tomes that peek through ornate metal screens.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2024
The young boy’s father replaced his son’s rudimentary mammal book with a more comprehensive tome by J.G. Wood, an English author of popular volumes on natural history.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tome. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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tome
noun
: a big thick book
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