marrow

[mar·row]

The soft stuff inside of a bone is called marrow. Many people cook with marrow from beef bones and consider it a delicacy.

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The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.

Noun
the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

Noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor''s argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

Noun
large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

Noun
very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

Noun
any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

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n.
The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.

n.
The essence; the best part.

n.
One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

v. t.
To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.


Marrow

Mar"row , n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. &root;274 Cf. Merge.] 1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color. 2. The essence; the best part.
It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and marrow of our attribute.
3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [Scot.]
Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end.
Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. -- Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal.

Marrow

Mar"row , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marrowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Marrowing.] To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.

The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.

To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.

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Usage Examples

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!

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Other Usage Examples

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life.

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