marrow

Meaning

  1. The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
  2. A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
  3. The pith of certain plants.
  4. The essence; the best part.
  5. Inner meaning or purpose.
  6. (colloquial) Bone marrow biopsy.
  7. (obsolete) (uncountable) Semen.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmæɹəʊ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English mary, marow, marwe, marowȝ, from Old English mearg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, *mazgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos. Compare West Frisian moarch, Dutch merg, German Mark, Swedish märg, Icelandic mergur, and also Russian мозг (mozg, “brain”), Polish mózg (“brain”), Persian مغز (mağz, “brain”). Doublet of maghaz.

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