Synonyms: book, work, title, volume More Synonyms of tome
tome in British English
(təʊm)
noun
1.
a large weighty book
2.
one of the several volumes of a work
Word origin
C16: from French, from Latin tomus section of larger work, from Greek tomos a slice, from temnein to cut; related to Latin tondēre to shear
-tome in British English
combining form in countable noun
indicating an instrument for cutting
osteotome
Word origin
from Greek tomē a cutting, tomos a slice, from temnein to cut
tome in American English
(toʊm)
noun
1. Obsolete
any volume of a work of several volumes
2.
a book, esp. a large, scholarly or ponderous one
Word origin
Fr < L tomus < Gr tomos, piece cut off, hence part of a book, volume < temnein, to cut: see -tomy
-tome in American English
(toʊm)
1.
cutting instrument
microtome
2.
section, division
dermatome
Word origin
Gr < tomon < tomos: see tome
Examples of 'tome' in a sentence
tome
There are also a number of new tomes for little chefs.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The Conservative leader hopes the weighty tomes will improve their political brains.
The Sun (2008)
I read crime books and historical tomes in public libraries.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I got a heavy tome on medieval art and church architecture from my library.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This tome is part diary, part cookery book, part spell book.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This book isn't a heavy, academic tome.
Christianity Today (2000)
Festival to give a reading of your new tome and found that, entirely because of a struggle between competing ideologies, your luggage had to stay at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
tome
British English: tome NOUN
A tome is a very large, heavy book.
American English: tome
Brazilian Portuguese: tomo
Chinese: 大册书
European Spanish: tomo
French: pavé
German: Wälzer
Italian: tomo
Japanese: 大冊
Korean: >두꺼운 책진지한 내용의
European Portuguese: tomo
Latin American Spanish: tomo
(noun)
Definition
a large heavy book
a hefty legal tome
Synonyms
book
a book about witches
work
In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work.
title
a publisher with 50 new titles a year
volume
a slim volume of English poetry
opus
She couldn't find a publisher for her latest opus.
publication
expensively produced glossy publications
Additional synonyms
in the sense of opus
Definition
an artistic creation, esp. a musical work by a particular composer, numbered in order of publication
She couldn't find a publisher for her latest opus.