marrow-bones

marrow-bones
n. pl.
(Colloq.) Knees.

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  • marrow bone — marrow bones also marrowbone N VAR Marrow bones are the bones of certain animals, especially cows, that contain a lot of bone marrow. They are used in cooking and in dog food. Ask the butcher for soup bones (marrow bones are best). ...marrowbone… …   English dictionary

  • marrow bone — UK US noun [countable] [singular marrow bone plural marrow bones] a bone that has marrow inside it, sometimes used for adding flavour to soup Thesaurus: joints and cuts of meathyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • marrow bone — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms marrow bone : singular marrow bone plural marrow bones a bone that has marrow inside it, sometimes used for adding flavour to soup …   English dictionary

  • Marrow (comics) — Marrow Marrow, detail from the cover to X Men #70 Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics …   Wikipedia

  • Marrow — Mar row, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. {Merge}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Marrow squash — Marrow Mar row, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. {Merge}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marrow — [mar′ō] n. [ME merow < OE mearg, akin to Ger mark, marrow < IE base * mozgho , marrow, brains > Sans majján , marrow] 1. the soft, vascular, fatty tissue that fills the cavities of most bones 2. the innermost, essential, or choicest… …   English World dictionary

  • marrow — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a long gourd with a thin green skin and white flesh, eaten as a vegetable. 2) (also bone marrow) a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced. ● to the marrow Cf. ↑to the marrow ORIGIN Old… …   English terms dictionary

  • Marrow — The bone marrow. * * * 1. A highly cellular hematopoietic connective tissue filling the medullary cavities and spongy epiphyses of bones; it becomes predominantly fatty with age, particularly in the long bones of the limbs. 2. Any soft gelatinous …   Medical dictionary

  • marrow — noun 1 (U) the soft fatty substance in the hollow centre of bones; bone marrow: a bone marrow transplant 2 (C, U) a large long dark green vegetable that grows along the ground compare squash 2 (3) 3 chilled/frozen/shocked to the marrow very cold… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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