tome
41tome — [16] Tome comes via French tome and Latin tomus from Greek tómos. This originally meant ‘slice, piece’ (it went back to the prehistoric Indo European base *tom , *tem ‘cut’, which is also responsible for English temple, tonsorial [19], tonsure… …
42tome — UK [təʊm] / US [toʊm] noun [countable] Word forms tome : singular tome plural tomes literary a large heavy book, usually about a serious subject …
43tome — [16] Tome comes via French tome and Latin tomus from Greek tómos. This originally meant ‘slice, piece’ (it went back to the prehistoric Indo European base *tom , *tem ‘cut’, which is also responsible for English temple, tonsorial [19], tonsure… …
44tome — noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos section, roll of papyrus, tome, from temnein to cut; akin to Middle Irish tamnaid he lops, Polish ciąć to cut, and perhaps to Latin tondēre to shear Date:… …
45-tome — a combining form with the meanings cutting instrument (microtome; osteotome), segment, somite (sclerotome), used in the formation of compound words. Cf. tomo , tomous, tomy. [comb. form repr. Gk tomé a cutting; tómos a cut, slice; tomon (neut.),… …
46-tome — 1. A cutting instrument, the first element in the compound usually indicating the part that the instrument is designed to cut. 2. Segment, part, section. 3. Tomography. 4. Surgery. [G. tomos, cutting, sharp; a cutting ( …
47tome — adiantum ageratum amblystome ankylostome antiatome arboretum atome butome conventum cyclostome desideratum distome erratum factotum factum fantôme fatum gnetum hématome microtome mérostomes pentatome phlébotome physostome post scriptum punctum… …
48tome — [[t]to͟ʊm[/t]] tomes N COUNT A tome is a very large, heavy book. [FORMAL] …
49-tome — combining form 1》 denoting an instrument for cutting: microtome. 2》 denoting a section or segment. Origin sense 1 from Gk tomon (neut.) that cuts ; sense 2 from Gk tomē a cutting …
50tome — noun he expects us to read this tome by Monday Syn: volume, book, work, opus, publication, title …
