marrow

Examples

• All

• And in December, he got his bone marrow transplant and he's recovering.

• The chef seasoned the soup with roasted bones to extract the rich flavor of the marrow.

• There are more than five pounds of marrow in the human body.

  Saw X (2023)

• This is bone marrow blood.

  Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

• I like to suck the marrow as it goes.

  Film Courage

• It's a lot to ask of someone to donate their bone marrow.

  Marvin's Room (1996)

• After her cancer returned for a third time, she was preparing for a second bone marrow transplant.

  Angels and Demons Are Real (2017)

• Some people have a very severe form of leukemia and therefore their bone marrow stem cells have to be removed.

• Research has shown that bone marrow injected into broken bones can speed the healing.

  Academic text (2012)

• The stem cells are taken from the person's bone marrow or umbilical cord at birth.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

B

bone marrow

vsmarrow

• Specialized

68 3.0

Soft, fatty part inside bones that makes blood cells for the body

focuses on edible use as food rather than anatomical filling detail

R

red bone marrow

vsmarrow

• Specialized

4.9

Soft, spongy part inside some bones that makes red blood cells

covers a wider range of bone tissue beyond just red cell production

R

red marrow

vsmarrow

• Specialized

4.8

Soft part inside bones that makes red blood cells

applies more generally across bones and includes edible tissue

Idioms

T

to the marrow

• Literature

2 8.8

A very deep feeling that reaches someone's heart

Compounds

B

bone marrow

• Specialized

68 3.0

Soft, fatty part inside bones that makes blood cells for the body

B

bone marrow

1 3.4

Soft, fatty part inside some bones that people eat as a rich food

V

vegetable marrow

• UK

1 6.4

A long green summer squash with pale inside that people eat

M

marrow squash

• UK

5.3

A long green vegetable like a large zucchini with pale inside used for cooking

I

Italian vegetable marrow

• UK

5.6

A dark green squash with light patches used in Mediterranean cooking

R

red bone marrow

• Specialized

4.9

Soft, spongy part inside some bones that makes red blood cells

R

red marrow

• Specialized

4.8

Soft part inside bones that makes red blood cells

Y

yellow bone marrow

• Specialized

6.1

Tissue inside the hollow part of long bones in adults that stores fat

Y

yellow marrow

• Specialized

7.5

The soft material inside long bones of adults that is yellow because it stores fat

Surface Forms

Etymology