marrow¹ /marˈō/

1. The soft tissue in the hollow parts of the bones (also bone marrow)
2. Pith or pulp of plants (obsolete)
3. A vegetable marrow (see under vegetable)
4. The essence or best part of anything
5. The inner meaning or purpose

marrˈowish adjective

Of the nature of, or resembling, marrow

marrˈowless adjective

Having no marrow

marrˈowy adjective

1. Full of marrow
2. Strong
3. Forcible
4. Pithy

marrˈow-bone noun

1. A bone containing marrow
2. (in pl) the knees or the bones of the knees

marrˈowfat noun

A rich kind of pea, also called Dutch admiral pea

marrˈow-men plural noun (historical)

Those who in the Church of Scotland supported the teaching of The Marrow of Modern Divinity (1645) after its republication in 1718

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