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Words related to marrow

Related / Similar Words: bone marrow, kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty, vegetable marrow, marrow squash

Definition:

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

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";

large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins;

very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones;

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

Hyponyms: red marrow, red bone marrow, yellow marrow, yellow bone marrow, bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, haecceity, quintessence, stuff, zucchini, courgette, cocozelle, Italian vegetable marrow

Part Meronyms: bone, os, immune system, marrow squash, vegetable marrow, marrowbone

Derivational Morphology: summate

Language Translations:
Chinese: cmn		Dutch: merg
Finnish: luuydin		French: moelle
German: Mark		Greek: μεδούλι
Indonesian: Sum sum tulang		Interlingua: medulla
Italian: midollo		Maltese: mudullun
Norwegian: marg		Polish: szpik
Portuguese: medula		Russian: sc=Cyrl
Slovak: špik		Spanish: médula
Swedish: märg

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