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marrow
noun
1 marrow
The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones.
synonym: bone marrow.
Dutch: beenmerg, merg
Polish: szpik kostny, szpik
2 marrow
Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh.
synonyms: marrow squash, vegetable marrow.
Dutch: pompoen
3 marrow
Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones.
synonym: bone marrow.
4 marrow
Large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins.
synonym: vegetable marrow.
Dutch: courgette
5 marrow
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum ... show more.
Roget 221:
interiority;
inside,
interior;
interspace†,
subsoil,
substratum;
intrados.
contents
etc.
190;
substance,
pith,
marrow;
backbone
etc.
(center)
222;
heart,
bosom,
breast;
abdomen;
vitals,
viscera,
entrails,
bowels,
belly,
intestines,
guts,
chitterings†,
womb,
lap;
penetralia [Lat.],
recesses,
innermost recesses;
cave
etc.
(concavity)
252.
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Roget 222:
centrality,
centricalness†,
center;
middle
etc.
68;
focus
etc.
74.
core,
kernel;
nucleus,
nucleolus;
heart,
pole axis,
bull's eye;
nave,
navel;
umbilicus,
backbone,
marrow,
pith;
vertebra,
vertebral column;
hotbed;
concentration
etc.
(convergence)
290;
centralization;
symmetry.
center of gravity,
center of pressure,
center of percussion,
center of oscillation,
center of buoyancy
&c.;
metacenter†.
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Roget 516:
meaning;
signification,
significance;
sense,
expression;
import,
purport;
force;
drift,
tenor,
spirit,
bearing,
coloring;
scope.
[important part of the meaning]
substance;
gist,
essence,
marrow,
spirit
etc.
5.
matter;
subject,
subject matter;
argument,
text,
sum and substance.
general meaning,
broad meaning,
substantial meaning,
colloquial meaning,
literal meaning,
plain meaning,
simple meaning,
natural meaning,
unstrained meaning,
true meaning,
etc.
(exact)
494
honest meaning,
etc.
543
prima facie meaning [Lat.];
etc.
(manifest)
525.
letter of the law.
literally;
after acceptation.
synonym;
implication,
allusion
etc.
(latency)
526;
suggestion
etc.
(information)
527;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
acceptation
etc.
(interpretation)
522.
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Roget 5:
intrinsicality†,
inbeing†,
inherence,
inhesion†;
subjectiveness;
ego;
egohood†;
essence,
noumenon;
essentialness†
etc.
adj.;
essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Dutch: bijzonderheid, kerngedachte, essentialia, essentie, grond, hoofdpunt, hoofdzaak, hypostase, kern, kernpunt, kwintessens, primaat, substantie, wezen, zwaartepunt ... show more
Polish: istota, esencja, sedno, jÄ…dro, meritum, kwintesencja
Moby thesaurus: abatis, axiom, axis, bottom, brains, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, chitterlings, cockscomb, core, dead center, distillate, distillation, elixir, epicenter, essence, essential, essentiality, fabric, flower, focus, fundamental, giblets, gist, gizzard, gravamen, haslet, heart, hub, hypostasis, inner essence, kernel, kidneys, liver, material, matter, meat, medium, medulla, metacenter, middle, nave, navel, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, omphalos, pith, pivot, postulate, principle, quid, quiddity, quintessence, quintessential, sap, soul, spirit, storm center, stuff, substance, sum and substance, sweetbread, the nitty-gritty, tongue, tripe, umbilicus, virtuality ... show more.
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