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bone marrow

bone marrow

1 3.4
Soft, fatty part inside some bones that people eat as a rich food
  • noun
  • /boʊn ˈmɛroʊ/
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  • She slipped back into the kitchen to serve his dinner: shank, bone marrow, and mint.

There's one other human I know that loves bone marrow as much as you do, and that's Joe Rogan.

Examples

  • They also share other foods acquired with tools, including honey, ants, and bone marrow.

    Academic text (1991)

  • My favorite appetizer was the mushroom and bone marrow gratin.

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  • Our desire to eat bone marrow is arguably one of the reasons we evolved to use tools in the first place.

    Blog text (33)

  • So then, bone marrow and mushroom custard it was!

    Blog text (33)

  • It was flavorful and sinful all at the same time—and was, believe it or not, my first ever bone marrow tasting.

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  • The chef prepared a rich soup using bone marrow to enhance the flavor.

  • In Italian cuisine, bone marrow is often enjoyed spread on toasted bread.

  • He ordered a dish that included roasted bone marrow topped with herbs.

Synonyms

marrow
vsbone marrow
129 6.4

The soft, fatty tissue inside bones that makes blood cells

focuses on it as a nutritious food and culinary delicacy

How Soft

bone marrow
1 3.4
fat
391 1.0

Surface Forms

bone marrow singular
bone marrows plural

Morphology

bone + marrow

The phrase literally names the tissue ('marrow') found in 'bones', so its meaning is directly compositional from the constituents. This is a straightforward noun-noun compound with the same logic in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.

Etymology

Bone marrow is the soft, rich tissue found inside a bone; cooks scoop out the warm, fatty marrow and eat it like butter on toast, so the name points to the tasty inside part of the bone.