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tome Definition

tome (tōm)

noun

  1. Obsolete any volume of a work of several volumes
  2. a book, esp. a large, scholarly or ponderous one

Etymology: Fr < L tomus < Gr tomos, piece cut off, hence part of a book, volume < temnein, to cut: see -tomy

tome Synonyms

tome

n.

tome Usage Examples

Preposition: of

page: Derry's second book, another large tome of 476 pages, is essentially a volume of philosophy.

Converse of object

  • write: He has also written a vast tome called the ' Structure of Singing ' which is outside almost anyone's budget!
  • read: I've just embarked upon the journey that is reading this tome.
  • publish: What it has done is to publish a massive tome of text which is not indexed in any way.
  • produce: Husband and wife, William and Sophie have produced a beautiful tome which tells you all you need to know.
  • find: At the book shop you will find nearly every educational tome you will need.
  • have: I have many tomes encountered case where people do not know where they are saving their word processing documents.

Adjective modifier

  • weighty: I suspect far more people became better informed from the site visit than any weighty tome.
  • hefty: Today it is a hefty tome with articles covering every possible angle of LRGS life.
  • dusty: It's as thorough an examination as any lawyer might ever need to read But this is no dusty tome.
  • mighty: A mighty tome, most of which goes right over my head!
  • scholarly: It looks, in short, like a general reader's fantasy of a scholarly tome.
  • definitive: Amazon Customer Reviews: The definitive tome on the late 50's and early 60's.

Preposition: on

shelf: I discovered an old tattered copy among my father's faded leather-bound tomes on a shelf in our hallway.

Noun used with modifier

  • sao: The Google-backed company and others like it are looking to allow people to call to sao tome communicate more cheaply using the Internet.
  • table: The Game Cookbook is very beautifully illustrated, but this is no mere coffee table tome.
  • page: What Philip Norman brings to this 400 plus page tome are three essential ingredients.
  • coffee: The Game Cookbook is very beautifully illustrated, but this is no mere coffee table tome.
  • coffee-table: Printed on recycled paper using vegetable inks, it's this year's must-have for the coffee-table tome.
  • reference: I will never forget the musty smell of the place, especially in the back rooms where we kept hundreds of ancient reference tomes.

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