the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A volume forming a part of a larger work; any volume, especially a ponderous one.
n. ⟨ See toom.
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n. a (usually) large and scholarly book
Word Usage
"The title of his tome translates as "Revolutionary Islam," and parts of it read like fan mail to those Muslim heroes who replaced Marx and Lenin on the Jackal's hit parade."