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Word: Tome
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 16th century (denoting one volume of a larger work): from French, via Latin from Greek tomos ‘section, roll of papyrus, volume’; related to temnein ‘to cut’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
təʊm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one
Short Definition:book
Examples:- a weighty tome
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