marrowbone

mar·row·bone

M0120900 (măr′ō-bōn′)n.1. A bone containing marrow, used especially for flavoring soup.2. marrowbones Informal The knees.

marrowbone

(ˈmærəʊˌbəʊn) n (Cookery) a. a bone containing edible marrowb. (as modifier): marrowbone jelly.

mar•row•bone

(ˈmær oʊˌboʊn)
n. 1. a bone containing edible marrow. 2. marrowbones, knees. [1350–1400]

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marrowbone - a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soupbone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesbone marrow, marrow - very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

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