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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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
In the pages of the beloved tome, Montgomery, a PEI native, introduced readers to the precocious, ruddy-haired orphan, Anne Shirley.
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One of the few completely fail-proof gifts is to give someone one of the best coffee table books of the season—weighty tomes whose thick, glossy pages feature stunning photographs and illustrations, to be specific.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
Over the next four years, Thompson embarked on a far-reaching reporting venture, drawing on hundreds of interviews, eyewitness accounts, academic tomes and archival documents to piece together the story of Till’s final hours.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The stories behind many of these hypothetical tomes are well known to anyone with bibliophilia.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
In the pages of the beloved tome, Montgomery, a PEI native, introduced readers to the precocious, ruddy-haired orphan, Anne Shirley.
—Tykesha Burton, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
One of the few completely fail-proof gifts is to give someone one of the best coffee table books of the season—weighty tomes whose thick, glossy pages feature stunning photographs and illustrations, to be specific.
—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
Over the next four years, Thompson embarked on a far-reaching reporting venture, drawing on hundreds of interviews, eyewitness accounts, academic tomes and archival documents to piece together the story of Till’s final hours.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tome. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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tome
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: a big thick book
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