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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For anyone interested in a deep dive on modern Korean cuisine, there’s likely no better tome.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024
Eldritch Horror pits players against one of the Great Old Ones in a worldwide hunt for cursed tomes, cult temples and unspeakable monsters.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The selection stretches from signed and rare photography, fashion and art books to tomes about Louise Bourgeois and ones by Annie Ernaux, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Smith’s media megaphone was prepared for its publication in the wee hours after lapsing of Judge Aileen Cannon’s temporary restraining order — that order being the reason that the second tome, Smith’s Mar-a-Lago (MAL) report, remains under wraps.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Jan. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024
Eldritch Horror pits players against one of the Great Old Ones in a worldwide hunt for cursed tomes, cult temples and unspeakable monsters.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The selection stretches from signed and rare photography, fashion and art books to tomes about Louise Bourgeois and ones by Annie Ernaux, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Smith’s media megaphone was prepared for its publication in the wee hours after lapsing of Judge Aileen Cannon’s temporary restraining order — that order being the reason that the second tome, Smith’s Mar-a-Lago (MAL) report, remains under wraps.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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