Marrow Definition

mărō
noun
The soft, vascular, fatty tissue that fills the cavities of most bones.
Webster's New World
The spinal cord.
American Heritage Medicine
The marrow squash.
American Heritage
The innermost, essential, or choicest part; pith.
Webster's New World
Vitality.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Marrow

Noun

Singular:
marrow
Plural:
marrows

Origin of Marrow

  • Middle English mary, marow, marowe, marowȝ, from Old English mearg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, *mazgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos. See Dutch merg and Russian мозг ("brain").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English marow from Old English mearg

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse margr.

    From Wiktionary

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