marrow
[noun]
Synonyms: essence, bottom, essentiality, pith, quintessence, quintessential, soul, stuff, substance, virtuality

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Related Words: core, heart, kernel, meat

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mar‧row /ˈmærəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: mearg]

1. [uncountable] the soft fatty substance in the hollow centre of bones Synonym : bone marrow:
a bone marrow transplant

2. [uncountable and countable] British English a large long dark green vegetable that grows on the ground

3. chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow British English literary very cold, shocked etc

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲