marrow
pronunciation
How to pronounce marrow in British English:
UK [ˈmærəʊ]
How to pronounce marrow in American English:
US [ˈmæroʊ]
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- Noun:
- the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
- any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
- very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones
- large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Word Origin
- marrow (n.)
- late 14c., from Old English mearg "marrow," earlier mærh, from Proto-Germanic *mazga- (cognates: Old Norse mergr, Old Saxon marg, Old Frisian merg, Middle Dutch march, Dutch merg, Old High German marg, German Mark "marrow"), from PIE *mozgo- "marrow" (cognates: Sanskrit majjan-, Avestan mazga- "marrow," Old Church Slavonic mozgu, Lithuanian smagenes "brain"). Figurative sense of "inmost or central part" is attested from c. 1400.
Example
- 1. Bone marrow is a sponge-like tissue inside the bones .
- 2. But I really don 't like fat in my marrow .
- 3. And a new device that we call the marrow miner .
- 4. A doctor slid a long needle into his hip bone and drew out marrow for analysis .
- 5. It may be associated with primary marrow disease such as in megakaryocytic leukemia .