as in book
a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction
picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store
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Recent Examples of tome
Easy-peasy, tap into the vast tome of psychology experiments that have been performed endlessly on all sorts of people for many decades.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The recipes in these medicinal tomes are pretty complex—one calls for goose and hart brains mixed with silver, myrrh, ginger powder, honey, and several other precious ingredients on top of a base of wax and olive oil.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
The tome was discovered unexpectedly during a routine visit in Bristol, where Auctioneum’s book specialist Caitlin Riley was called in to appraise the collection of the home’s deceased owner.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
What was not clear in 1990 now makes more sense—since 1970, Pynchon had been working on a door-stopper tome about the surveying of the Mason-Dixon line, which published in 1997.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The recipes in these medicinal tomes are pretty complex—one calls for goose and hart brains mixed with silver, myrrh, ginger powder, honey, and several other precious ingredients on top of a base of wax and olive oil.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
The tome was discovered unexpectedly during a routine visit in Bristol, where Auctioneum’s book specialist Caitlin Riley was called in to appraise the collection of the home’s deceased owner.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
What was not clear in 1990 now makes more sense—since 1970, Pynchon had been working on a door-stopper tome about the surveying of the Mason-Dixon line, which published in 1997.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tome
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For a little more adventure, book a kayaking tour with Descanso Beach Ocean Sports to paddle along the coast and spot even more marine life.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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That's right, books are back at Costco for a limited time.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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There had also been a tube of lip balm, a stick of mints, and a dog-eared paperback novel by Gabriel Matzneff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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The bar is stocked with wine and coffee, the walls are lined with books and the air is filled with the aroma of fresh paperbacks.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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