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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a (usually) large and scholarly book;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tome \Tome\ (t[=o]m), n. [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L. tomus, fr. Gr. ? a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin to ? to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E. tonsure. Cf. Anatomy, Atom, Entomology, Epitome. ] As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume. [1913 Webster] Tomes of fable and of dream. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "tome": best seller, book, bound book, classic, coloring book, definitive work, folio, great work, hardback, juvenile, juvenile book, limp-cover book, magnum opus, nonbook, notebook, novel, opus, opuscule, opusculum, paperback, picture book, playbook, pocket book, prayer book, production, psalmbook, psalter, publication, serial, sketchbook, soft-cover, songbook, standard work, storybook, title, trade book, volume, work, writing