A tome is a big and heavy book. People often use this word for big school or university books. It is not used for small, light books.
She read a thick tome about history.
He borrowed a heavy tome from the library.
Sometimes, people say 'tome' to mean an important book. It can be any size but is often serious or full of facts.
This tome changed my way of thinking.
She wrote a tome on cooking recipes.
A tome can mean one book in a set or series. These books are often big and full of detailed information.
I bought the third tome of the encyclopedia.
The famous series has seven tomes in total.
People sometimes say 'tome' to joke about a very long or complicated paper or book. It hints that the work is difficult to read.
His report was a tome no one wanted to read.
She handed me a tome of instructions to follow.
Sometimes, 'tome' is used to describe a big set of written rules or facts. It does not always mean a real book but any detailed written work.
The employee manual was a tome on company rules.
The programmer's tome explained all coding standards.
