Definition of tome | Bee Dictionary of English

During the start of college, the densely packed pages of the tome never failed to intimidate the students
"If I had my way I would never touch that 4000 page tome", cried the student.
This is a handsome tome with a foreward by a famous writer and a commentary by a scientist.

SEC's Mike Slive focused on future after big changes
SEC Commissioner Mike Slive says he is focused on the future. / AP BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mike Slive sprawls in a comfy arm chair, propping his feet on a coffee table between one massive tome on Winston Churchill and an even thicker "Encyclopedia of Southern Culture."
June 12, 2013 - The Journal News
Study of addiction proves addictive
The subtitle of the "The Fix - How Addiction Is Taking Over Your World" sounds like lively hyperbole until you crack the cover of this fleet-footed, frighteningly up-to-date tome on all manner of compulsive habits. But British journalist Damian Thompson backs it up.
June 12, 2013 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Alexa Chung's Book: Star Shares First Look at Style Guide
Can't wait for Alexa Chung's style book? Then you're in luck, because the Brit babe has taken to Twitter to give her fans a sneak peek at her new tome. "Do...
June 11, 2013 - E! Online

Anne Hathaway in Guardian Unlimited
That was a lovely bit they added. It's porno for tome-reading, tea-drinking girls,Hathaway said, referring to what she called a common but mistaken impression of herself.
Michael Voss in Sydney Morning Herald
We have to make sure we don't make life easy for him,Voss said. "I'm sure he's looking forward to it and he'll be like a rabbit running around out there. I'm sure he will play some tome deep too. It means that Rog (Daniel Merrett) may have...
Brian Perry in United Press International
Desjardin and Perry said they named the new species after Drewes as an acknowledgment of his "inspiration and fortitude to initiate, coordinate and lead multiorganism biotic surveys on Sao Tome and Principe."

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