τόμος — meaning in English

English meaning

• book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
• tome noun A large, heavy, or scholarly book, especially one volume in a series.
• volume noun How loud a sound is, or the control that adjusts it.

Senses

τόμος is used for these senses in English:

• book A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
• volume A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.

book — full definition

1. noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
2. noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
3. noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
4. verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
5. verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.

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