noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hefty tome (= large thick book )
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a hefty tome
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
weighty
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So what is on offer and what should we expect from these weighty tomes ?
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I decided to rest those particular enquiries until at least I had perused Bligh-Bond's weighty tomes .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's the latest tome from Tom Clancy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But any fear that this novel is a stereotypical Boys in the Sand tome is immediately dashed.
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Ex-journo turned editor, his recent tome Gothic Rock enjoyed the unlikely publishing coup of having no competition.
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For many years these precious tomes were kept in the Capitol by the Romans who consulted them in times of crisis.
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I hope you pay heed, you're still my favourite tome by miles ... for now.
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Ivana insists the tome is pure fiction.
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No plodding academic tome , this Virginia Woolf is, like its subject, smart, pithy, engaging.
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The pages were stiffened with age and the tome smelt fusty, like a damp cloth left to dry on a radiator.
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Two floor-to-ceiling bookcases are filled with legal tomes and bursting files.