marrow

Speech parts

1. marrow - Noun

2. marrow - Verb

3. Marrow - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gist center heart core substance essence kernel crux pith centre nub bone marrow spirit meat soul
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Antonyms

bandit challenger nemesis competition opposition enemy
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Hypernyms

goody content treat delicacy dainty kickshaw

Hyponyms

quintessence stuff hypostasis courgette quiddity bare bones

Phrases with the word

chill to the marrow chilled someone to the marrow blood and bone marrow cancer chilled to the marrow bone marrow transplant bone marrow transplants

Derivatives

marrowed marrowing

Examples

I like you and your book, ingenious Hone In whose capacious all-embracing leaves The very marrow of tradition 's shown And all that history, much that fiction weaves. Charles Lamb

Your father is a fool skin deep; but you are a fool to your very marrow. George Bernard Shaw

Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families. Nathan Deal

The robin and the wren are God's cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God's mate and marrow. Tanzanian Proverb

What's in the marrow is hard to take out of the bone. Irish Proverb

Although you broke the bone, you did not suck out the marrow. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

marroon Marroquin marrot marrow extract marrow smear marrow squash