tome
/təʊm
/noun chiefly humorous
A book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one: a weighty tome...
- He struggled under the weight of the heavy tomes, his twiggy arms flailing pitifully.
- Heavy tomes covered much of the walls but he only ran a hand over a few of the calfskin covers.
- After flipping through the heavy pages of the tome for nearly half an hour, she had to admit defeat.
Synonyms
volume, book, work, opus, writing, publication, title
Origin
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'.
Rhymes
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row
- get (or have) one's end away
- get (or have) one's (own) way
- get (or have or give someone) the hump
- get (or have) someone by the short and curlies (or short hairs)
- get (or have) the goods on
- get (or have) the jump on someone
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of