marrow
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈmɛroʊ/
- Literature
:
médula
- He believed that true happiness lies at the marrow of our experiences and relationships.
- bone marrow
- marrow of life
But in this in this atmosphere of such strong religion, he nevertheless felt music in the marrow of his bones.
- But in this in this atmosphere of such strong religion, he nevertheless felt music in the marrow of his bones.
Examples
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I was still red, red again, an Indian girl down to the marrow of my bones.
Fiction book (1996) -
The higher he climbed, the sharper blew the icy gales, freezing him to the marrow.
Fiction book (1995) -
Where I was raised, history was the heart and marrow of a person.
Fiction book (1997) -
I want to strike fear into the marrow of their bones.
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But in this in this atmosphere of such strong religion, he nevertheless felt music in the marrow of his bones.
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But there will be great rewards in terms of insight into human experience, which is the bone marrow of history.
Academic text (1993) -
That's how they are, the city folk, to the very marrow of their bones.
Fiction book (1994) -
The frozen blasts of that northern wind bite into your very marrow.
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Yet now he was transfixed by what he was witnessing, amazed into his very marrow.
Fiction book (1998) -
The community gathered to uncover the marrow of the issues facing their town.
Synonyms
∞
2.7
The central part of something, for example an idea or a place
468
3.2
The most important central part of something
441
4.8
The central idea or most important part of something
282
1.0
The most important part or person that gets most attention
188
4.3
The main idea of something said or written
78
5.5
The main part of an idea or talk that matters most
73
5.3
The main point of an argument or story
56
3.7
The strength or courage to do what is difficult
46
4.6
The main point of what someone says or writes
28
3.4
The most important part that holds a group or thing together
21
5.4
Central part of an idea or argument
14
6.5
The most important specific details of a plan or problem
14
4.9
The main thing that keeps something working or alive
6
6.7
The main point people argue about in a discussion
4
5.3
The blood that keeps a living body alive
1
7.7
The main part of an idea or argument
Idioms
Compounds
A dark green squash with light patches used in Mediterranean cooking
- Specialized
Tissue inside the hollow part of long bones in adults that stores fat
- Specialized
The soft material inside long bones of adults that is yellow because it stores fat
How Essential
Surface Forms
Etymology
People used marrow to mean the inner part of things, from old English mearg 'soft inside', so the marrow of an idea or problem is its 'heart' or most important part.