marrow
English Thesaurus
1. the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones (noun.body)
hypernym | : | connective tissue, |
definition | : | tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | red bone marrow, red marrow, |
definition | : | bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | bone, os, |
definition | : | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | immune system, |
definition | : | a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response (noun.body) |
2. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun.cognition)
hyponym | : | bare bones, |
definition | : | (plural) the most basic facts or elements (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | hypostasis, |
definition | : | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | haecceity, quiddity, |
definition | : | the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | quintessence, |
definition | : | the purest and most concentrated essence of something (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | stuff, |
definition | : | a critically important or characteristic component (noun.cognition) |
3. large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins (noun.food)
hypernym | : | summer squash, |
definition | : | any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden (noun.food) |
part meronym | : | marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow, |
definition | : | any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh (noun.plant) |
4. very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones (noun.food)
part meronym | : | marrowbone, |
definition | : | a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup (noun.food) |
5. any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh (noun.plant)
hyponym | : | courgette, zucchini, |
definition | : | marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small (noun.plant) |
part holonym | : | marrow, vegetable marrow, |
definition | : | large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins (noun.food) |
6. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | summate, |
definition | : | form or constitute a cumulative effect (verb.social) |
derivation | : | meaty, substantive, |
definition | : | being on topic and prompting thought (adj.all) |
derivation | : | summate, |
definition | : | form or constitute a cumulative effect (verb.social) |
derivation | : | meaty, substantive, |
definition | : | being on topic and prompting thought (adj.all) |
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