n.
Pronunciation: ' t ō m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos section, roll of papyrus, tome, from temnein to cut; akin to Middle Irish tamnaid he lops, Polish ci ɑ̢ ć to cut, and perhaps to Latin tond ē re to shear
Date: 1519
1 : a volume forming part of a larger work
2 : BOOK especially : a large or scholarly book