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combining form
- 1. denoting an instrument for cutting: "microtome"
- 2. denoting a section or segment: "myotome"
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TOME | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of tome in English. tome. noun [ C ] usually humorous uk / təʊm / us / toʊm / Add to word list. a large, heavy book: She's written several weighty tomes on the subject. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Books: kinds of books. abridgment. annual. anthology. audiobook. backlist. cosy.
TOME | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of tome in English. tome. noun [ C ] usually humorous us / toʊm / uk / təʊm / Add to word list. a large, heavy book: She's written several weighty tomes on the subject. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Books: kinds of books. abridgment. annual. anthology. audiobook. backlist
A tome is a large book. If you're pre-med, chances are you're going to have one heck of a tome for your biology class. Tome is often used to refer to a book that is not only really large but also unusually important.
The meaning of TOME is book; especially : a large or scholarly book. How to use tome in a sentence.
Tome definition: a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.. See examples of TOME used in a sentence.
noun. 1. Obsolete. any volume of a work of several volumes. 2. a book, esp. a large, scholarly or ponderous one. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
n. 1. One of the books in a work of several volumes. 2. A book, especially a large or scholarly one. [French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos, a cutting, section, from temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
