Tome
[təʊm] or [tom]
Definition
(n.) As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Volume.[2]. Book, work.
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Definition
n. part of a book: a volume of a large work: a book.
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Examples
- The city of Hamburgh {See Memoire concernant les Droites et Impositions en Europe tome i p. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You find a brochure or tome now and then; but you don't read thembecause they have passed under this? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Their appetite for the concrete was enormous; their knowledge of facts overpowering, as the tomes produced by Mr. and Mrs. Webb can testify. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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