Synonyms for marrow
ˈmær oʊmar·row

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1. marrow

   Synonyms:
   pith, gist, substance, essence, life, cream, kernel

   Antonyms:
   surplusage, redundancy, excrescence, superfluity, clothing, dressing, amplification, volume, mass, body

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1. marrow, bone marrownoun

   the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

2. marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrownoun

   any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

3. marrow, bone marrownoun

   very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

4. marrow, vegetable marrownoun

   large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

5. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

   the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

   Synonyms:
   affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

Matched Categories

1. • Connective Tissue
   • Content
   • Delicacy
   • Summer Squash

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1. marrownoun

   Synonyms:
   medulla, pith

2. marrownoun

   Synonyms:
   essence, quintessence, best part, essential part

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1. marrownoun

   Synonyms:
   medulla, pith

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1. List of paraphrases for "marrow":

   pith, spinal, cord, medullary, bone, medulla, bone-marrow

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1. Sharon Lewin:

   Coming 10 years after the successful report of the Berlin Patient, this new case confirms that bone marrow transplantation from a CCR5-negative donor can eliminate residual virus and stop any traces of virus from rebounding, two factors are likely at play : The new bone marrow is resistant to HIV, and also, the new bone marrow is actively eliminating any HIV-infected cells.

2. Vladimir Pitulko:

   Indeed, these animals provide an endless source of different goods: food with meat, fat and marrow; fuel with dung, fat and bones; and raw material with long bones and ivory, they certainly would use them as food, especially certain parts like tongue or liver as a delicacy, but hunting for the ivory was more important.

3. Laura Makaroff:

   In addition to chemotherapy, certain types of immunotherapy, stem cell or bone marrow transplants, and other medicines can severely weaken the immune system.

4. Samual Rutherford:

   I see Christ's love is so kingly, that it will not abide a marrow it must have a throne all alone in the soul.

5. David Brenner:

   One of the major things that happens if you’re exposed to a large dose of radiation is that your white blood cells get destroyed, so you need to be able to stimulate the bone marrow in your body to work doubly hard to generate new blood cells, and there are drugs that can be given to stimulate the bone marrow to work harder to create new blood cells.