About The Word Marrow
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Marrow
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What's The Definition Of Marrow?
[n] the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
[n] 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" [n] large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins [n] very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones [n] any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh Synonyms | Synonyms for Marrow: bone marrow | bone marrow | center | core | essence | gist | heart | heart and soul | inwardness | kernel | marrow squash | meat | nitty-gritty | nub | pith | substance | sum | vegetable marrow | vegetable marrow Related Terms | Find terms related to Marrow: abatis | axiom | axis | bottom | brains | center | center of action | center of gravity | centroid | centrum | chitterlings | cockscomb | core | dead center | distillate | distillation | elixir | epicenter | essence | essential | essentiality | fabric | flower | focus | fundamental | giblets | gist | gizzard | gravamen | haslet | heart | hub | hypostasis | inner essence | kernel | kidneys | liver | material | matter | meat | medium | medulla | metacenter | middle | nave | navel | nub | nucleus | nuts and bolts | omphalos | pith | pivot | postulate | principle | quid | quiddity | quintessence | quintessential | sap | soul | spirit | storm center | stuff | substance | sum and substance | sweetbread | the nitty-gritty | tongue | tripe | umbilicus | virtuality See Also | bone | cocozelle | cognitive content | connective tissue | content | courgette | Cucurbita pepo melopepo | dainty | delicacy | goody | haecceity | hypostasis | immune system | Italian vegetable marrow | kickshaw | marrow | marrow | marrow squash | marrowbone | mental object | os | quiddity | quintessence | red bone marrow | red marrow | stuff | summer squash | summer squash | summer squash vine | treat | yellow bone marrow | yellow marrow | zucchini Marrow In Webster's Dictionary \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. --Shak.
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. --Tusser.
{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}.
\Mar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marrowing}.] To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut. |
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