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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Marrow has 5 senses
- marrow(n = noun.body) bone marrow - the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones; Array is a part of bone, os, immune system
- marrow(n = noun.plant) marrow squash, vegetable marrow - any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh; Array has parts: marrow, vegetable marrow
- marrow(n = noun.food) bone marrow - very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones; Array is a kind of dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
- marrow(n = noun.food) vegetable marrow - large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins; Array is a kind of summer squash
- marrow(n = noun.cognition) center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum - 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" is a kind of cognitive content, content, mental object
has particulars: red bone marrow, red marrow, yellow bone marrow, yellow marrow
is a kind of connective tissue
is a kind of cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine
has particulars: courgette, zucchini, cocozelle, italian vegetable marrow
is a part of marrowbone
is a part of marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow
has particulars: bare bones, hypostasis, haecceity, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
CIDE DICTIONARY
Marrow, 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. Merge.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The essence; the best part. [1913 Webster]"It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and marrow of our attribute." [1913 Webster] - One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [1913 Webster]"Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end." [1913 Webster]
Marrow, v. t.
To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Marrow, n.
1 (in full vegetable marrow) a a large usu. white-fleshed edible gourd used as food. b the plant, Cucurbita pepo, yielding this.
2 a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, often taken as typifying vitality.
3 the essential part.
1 (in full vegetable marrow) a a large usu. white-fleshed edible gourd used as food. b the plant, Cucurbita pepo, yielding this.
2 a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, often taken as typifying vitality.
3 the essential part.
Idiom
to the marrow right through.
Derivative
marrowless adj. marrowy adj.
Etymology
OE mearg, m{aelig}rg f. Gmc
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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, virtualityROGET THESAURUS
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Intrinsicality
N intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion, subjectiveness, ego, egohood, essence, noumenon, essentialness, essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis, habit, temper, temperament, spirit, humor, grain, disposition, endowment, capacity, capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities, idiosyncrasy, oddity, idiocrasy, diagnostics, derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, intrinsical, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic, radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, congenite, connate, running in the blood, ingenerate, ingenite, indigenous, in the grain, bred in the bone, instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born, virtual, characteristic, invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed, intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly, character is higher than intellect, come give us a taste of your quality, magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, vital spark of heavenly flame.Interiority
N interiority, inside, interior, interspace, subsoil, substratum, intrados, contents, substance, pith, marrow, backbone, heart, bosom, breast, abdomen, vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap, penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses, cave, interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, intraregarding, inmost, innermost, deep seated, gut, intestine, intestinal, inland, subcutaneous, abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic, interstitial, inwrought, inclosed, home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular, endemic, internally, inwards, within, in, inly, here in, there in, where in, ab intra, withinside, in doors, within doors, at home, in the bosom of one's family.Centrality
N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.Meaning
N meaning, signification, significance, sense, expression, import, purport, force, drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring, scope, substance, gist, essence, marrow, spirit, matter, subject, subject matter, argument, text, sum and substance, general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, honest meaning, &c 543 prima facie meaning, letter of the law, literally, after acceptation, synonym, implication, allusion, suggestion, figure of speech, acceptation, meaning, expressive, suggestive, allusive, significant, significative, significatory, pithy, full of meaning, pregnant with meaning, declaratory, intelligible, literal, synonymous, tantamount, implied, explicit, to that effect, that is to say.
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