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marrow

/ˈmæɹoʊ/noun2 syllables

Marrow means: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.

Synonyms for marrow22

noun, as in the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

noun, as in any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

marrow squash, vegetable marrow

noun, as in the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

bone marrow

noun, as in very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

bone marrow

noun, as in large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

vegetable marrow

also used for marrow

crux, bowels, brass tacks, drift

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What does marrow mean?5

noun

1

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience“the gist of the prosecutor's argument”

2

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

3

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

4

very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

5

large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with marrow?4

two syllables

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Marrow in a sentence

  • She needs a bone marrow transplant, but she has not found a donor yet.Hybrid
  • If you want to eat marrow, you have to break a bone.Igider
  • My pup took a marrow-bone and sat mousy-quiet in a corner.cheryl_kannan
  • The spectre's voice disturbed the very marrow in his bones.Hybrid
  • The icy blast of wind pierced me to the marrow.AlanF_US
  • Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow.jhomel
  • The cold has already struck us to the marrow.Amastan
  • Mesenchymal stem cells are found in the bone marrow.mccarras

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Forms of marrow

as a noun

plural
marrows