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
Examples of tome in a Sentence
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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Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The tome of charts, maps, proclamations and pledges is designed, planning officials say, to guide the gamut of municipal governing decisions, including budgeting, annexation and zoning.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025
Cleverly titled Say Everything, the tome includes Skye's feelings about John Cusack, her costar in one of her most memorable credits.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The never-ending hurry-up-and-waits are why he’s always got a couple weighty tomes stacked in his lap, his taste running from big-cheese biographies (of Elia Kazan and Abraham Lincoln, among others) to bestsellers, including Conclave.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
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Noun
In addition to Landau’s photos of beloved landmarks, some familiar and some reduced to rubble long ago, the Angel City Press tome includes an essay by author and architecture historian Alan Hess about the 20th century style known for bold geometric shapes.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The tome of charts, maps, proclamations and pledges is designed, planning officials say, to guide the gamut of municipal governing decisions, including budgeting, annexation and zoning.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025
Cleverly titled Say Everything, the tome includes Skye's feelings about John Cusack, her costar in one of her most memorable credits.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The never-ending hurry-up-and-waits are why he’s always got a couple weighty tomes stacked in his lap, his taste running from big-cheese biographies (of Elia Kazan and Abraham Lincoln, among others) to bestsellers, including Conclave.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tome. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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tome
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: a big thick book
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