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tome

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"Large and heavy book"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /təʊm/Part of speech nounSorted emotStarts with TEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A large or scholarly book.

Word origin

From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”).

Used in a sentence

  • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
  • And Sam presents Tyrion with A Song Of Ice And Fire, a tome in which Tyrion’s own role, far from that of the clever hero or Machiavellian snake, doesn’t even exist.
  • One senses, picking up Twenge’s tome — 515 pages before you get to the appendix — an attempt to quell past criticisms. “I see this book as my magnum opus,” she said.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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01Large and heavy book4 letters
02Large heavy book4 letters

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