Found 3 items, similar to marrow.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: marrow benak, sumsum
English → English (WordNet) Definition: marrow marrow n 1: the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones [syn: bone marrow] 2: any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh [syn: marrow squash , vegetable marrow] 3: very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones [syn: bone marrow] 4: large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins [syn: vegetable marrow] 5: 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” [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Marrow Marrow \Mar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Marrowing.] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut. [1913 Webster] Marrow \Mar"row\, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. Merge.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color. [1913 Webster] 2. The essence; the best part. [1913 Webster] It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and marrow of our attribute. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end. --Tusser. [1913 Webster] Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal. [1913 Webster]