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noun ˈmarəʊˈmɛroʊ 1British A long white-fleshed gourd with green skin, which is eaten as a vegetable. Example sentencesExamples - I spotted the first of the really big marrows, and even a small pumpkin the other day.
- In addition to cereals the Greeks used figs, grapes, pomegranates, spinach, marrows, celery, nettles, hyacinth bulbs, artichokes, asparagus and honey.
- I didn't really eat the marrow because I was so full.
- We grow all manner of vegetables from cabbages and carrots to marrows.
- Pragmatics perhaps explains cucurbita pepo's lack of popularity: if one assumes they are always merely marrows, who would want to eat them?
- Glaze the baby marrows and peeled carrots in a pan with honey.
- A thousand plastic ducks and 50 giant marrows were on show as almost £3,000 was raised for charity.
- The book devotes 30 pages to cucurbits, from giant pumpkins through marrows, zucchinis and cucumbers to back - scratching loofahs.
- Horticultural societies and shows, which began 200 years ago, still display prize marrows, giant leeks and perfect chrysanthemums.
- The British will bet on virtually anything from the size of marrows, through slug racing, to how long it takes to run round the quadrangle of an Oxford College.
- So, whether you call it a striped gourd, a marrow, or a zucchini, you might notice that they are quite plentiful at this time of the year.
- Ronde de Nice squash, hard-skinned and as smooth as a cricket ball will bake well with a dab of garlic butter, and yet the young marrows would be just as good.
- Lots of vegetables should be ready to harvest now including marrows, onions and sweetcorn.
- Other specialist bags have been developed especially for salads and vegetables including even marrows and courgettes.
- The annual Giant Vegetable Competition is approaching, and the folk who grow carrots and pumpkins and marrows in their back yards are fearful of the voracious rabbits that threaten their produce.
- This is a land of festivals, more than any other, whether it means tossing cabers, weighing marrows or staging opera in country houses.
- Unripe fruits are cooked as a vegetable in the same way as marrows.
- Behind him, seven-year-old Jordan stood in awe with his grandmother, admiring the enormous marrows.
- Courgettes are actually baby marrows, just picked earlier from the plant.
- Two hours later and I was still tousle-haired and wearing an apron over my pajamas, but the pot was bubbling away on the stove and I was clearing up tomato skins and marrow seeds from the worktop.
2The plant of the gourd family which produces marrows. Cucurbita pepo, family Cucurbitaceae Example sentencesExamples - I wouldn't mind if they had a little nibble now and then, but no, they've got to have the whole thing. 2 pumpkin plants, 3 lettuce seedlings and damage to my marrow plant.
3mass noun A soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced. as modifier marrow donors Example sentencesExamples - In some cases you may be able to exchange cards or letters with the person who received your donated bone marrow.
- The bone marrow helps regulate the number of white blood cells in the body.
- Autologous bone marrow transplantation was being viewed in a different light.
- Overall it is very well tolerated, with a low incidence of bone marrow suppression.
- Stem cells are cells taken from bone marrow which have the ability to grow into several different types of tissue.
- Definitive treatment of the disorder relies on reconstituting the patient's bone marrow.
- For this reason, close relatives are often the donors of choice in bone marrow transplantation.
- In other areas, such as blood and bone marrow donation, living donors are the norm.
- His sister was found to be the one-in-a-million bone marrow match he needed.
- In general, magnetic resonance is excellent for imaging soft tissue and bone marrow.
- His topic was the regeneration of damaged heart muscle, by use of bone marrow stem cells.
- White blood cells are produced by the bone marrow, the soft spongy centre of bones.
- It is usually found in the lymph nodes but can also spread to involve other organs such as the spleen and bone marrow.
- If you require a bone marrow transplant a compatible donor will need to be found.
- A bag containing the retrovirus was connected to a bag of his bone marrow.
- He donated bone marrow at a hospital in London before it was transported to America.
- During a transplant, healthy bone marrow will be fed into your blood stream.
- Autologous transplants are stem cells from the patient's own bone marrow or peripheral blood.
- The bone marrow cells will be collected using a needle and syringe, with no cutting or stitching involved.
- Stem cells have been isolated from the central nervous system, bone marrow, and blood of adults.
4The essential part of something. such men were the marrow of the organization Example sentencesExamples - I'll attempt to cull his posts down to the essential marrow and bring it to the attention of my own limited readership.
- He wisely sifted out four steps which he discerned to be those which contained the essential marrow, and which were of the highest value in actual practice.
- Also, my account cannot be complete, but it will contain most of the essential marrow of our many conversations.
- The night provides the vital marrow for all things creative.
- I knew a profound new question challenged me: Is love the essential marrow of our humanness?
Synonyms essence, core, nucleus, pith, kernel, heart, centre, soul, spirit, quintessence, gist, substance, sum and substance, meat, nub, stuff informal nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts
Phrases To one's innermost being. a sight which chilled me to the marrow Example sentencesExamples - He turned, chilled to the marrow, which was, evidently, a nastily foreign feeling.
- In the balmy hours of the night, I had almost forgotten what cold felt like. How it bores down to the marrow.
- Finally, when the two workers, frozen to the marrow, emerged from beneath the water, they were stunned to hear the student spectators burst into side-splitting laughter.
- And when you returned, wide-eyed with fright and chilled to the marrow, you were secretly amazed at your own survival.
- A professional to the marrow of his bones, he has left his mark on the cultural and artistic life of the country.
- So naturally I accepted, thrilled to the marrow.
- Neither will you be chilled to the marrow by the icy blasts of winter, for it scarcely ever freezes.
- And then he was bursting through the main door, the chill late-afternoon wind throwing snowflakes against his sweat-streaked face and chilling him to the marrow.
- Nearby a survivor screamed, chilling them all to the marrow.
- It sent a shiver down Nathaniel's spine and chilled his bones to the marrow.
Derivatives adjective Far indeed from being marrowless, this cookbook is an entertainingly spirited work full of recipes and suggestions tested by the author, as well as running comments and asides. Example sentencesExamples - "Thy bones are marrowless thy blood is cold! The lords and their spouses depart the castle at speed; under the impression their new king is crazy.
- But, instead of standing there using vague generalities, it would be interesting if you would tell us what these old marrowless truths are, that we are nourished on.
adjective I was expecting much more of the latter, as the brown marrowy stuff had much more flavor than the white fatty stuff. Example sentencesExamples - There is clear, sweet water in the middle of that marrowy substance which is very refreshing.
- It has a marrowy and sweet orange flesh; it looks like the flesh of Butternut squash.
- A purebred straight to the marrowy core of his bones, Heinz uses his regal demeanor and prized heredity to set him on a pedestal overlooking the competition.
- Its finish is superbly long, with deep marrowy, minerally undertones, faint plum pit bitterness, and persistently bright, juicy, slightly tart berry fruit.
Origin Old English mearg, mærg (in marrow (sense 3 of the noun)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch merg and German Mark. marrow (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the early 19th century. Rhymes arrow, barrow, farrow, harrow, Jarrow, narrow, sparrow, taro, tarot, Varro, yarrow marrow2(also marra, marrer) noun ˈmarəˈmɛroʊ Northern English, Scottish 1A friend, companion, or workmate (often used as a form of address) come here, marrer, we need to talk Example sentencesExamples - My favorite Red Lion patrons were Avery and her marra, Avery, a couple with the only similarity, besides the same name of course, being that they both went to the same school without ever knowing each other.
- 'Deputy seems to have the wind up,' said Jack. 'They all have,' said his marrow. 'Can't make it out why they're shoving the timber in.'
- While in the army most Geordies I met called their best friends their marrer.
- He and his marrer were hewing when a large stone fell from the roof and injured Roberts' back, he died an hour after being taken home.
- He came to the face of operations. 'How's things here, marrow?' he asked.
- Instead of saying friend or pal they would refer to their marra.
- It is this sense of loyalty and brotherhood, found amongst miners the country over, that led to the tragic deaths of two brave men who would not give up their ‘marrer’ for lost.
- There is a widespread superstition amongst Durham miners that they are always forewarned of disasters, often by their old "marras" who have been killed in the pit.
- Katrine is a leddy born - there's nae aulder or prouder stock in the land - and ye're the oy o' the miller o' the Rood-foot, and ye seek to make her your marrow.
- Our own battalion was predominantly Cumbrian, and the men from the west coast called each other 'marrow', pronounced marra.
Synonyms companion, boon companion, bosom friend, best friend, close friend, intimate, confidante, confidant, familiar, soul mate, alter ego, second self, shadow, playmate, playfellow, classmate, schoolmate, workmate, ally, comrade, associate 2Something that forms a pair with something else; a counterpart or twin. Example sentencesExamples - Mind you, he was a smart man, my father. None his marrow when it came to making an old mare look as young and lifey as a two-year-old, tarring its grey hairs.
- He is the very marrow of John Strathbourne as he was when we fought side by side.
Origin Late Middle English: probably from Old Norse margr 'many', also 'friendly, communicative'. nounˈmerōˈmɛroʊ 1A soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced (often taken as typifying strength and vitality). Example sentencesExamples - During a transplant, healthy bone marrow will be fed into your blood stream.
- His topic was the regeneration of damaged heart muscle, by use of bone marrow stem cells.
- Autologous transplants are stem cells from the patient's own bone marrow or peripheral blood.
- For this reason, close relatives are often the donors of choice in bone marrow transplantation.
- If you require a bone marrow transplant a compatible donor will need to be found.
- It is usually found in the lymph nodes but can also spread to involve other organs such as the spleen and bone marrow.
- Stem cells are cells taken from bone marrow which have the ability to grow into several different types of tissue.
- Definitive treatment of the disorder relies on reconstituting the patient's bone marrow.
- In general, magnetic resonance is excellent for imaging soft tissue and bone marrow.
- White blood cells are produced by the bone marrow, the soft spongy centre of bones.
- Stem cells have been isolated from the central nervous system, bone marrow, and blood of adults.
- He donated bone marrow at a hospital in London before it was transported to America.
- The bone marrow cells will be collected using a needle and syringe, with no cutting or stitching involved.
- His sister was found to be the one-in-a-million bone marrow match he needed.
- In some cases you may be able to exchange cards or letters with the person who received your donated bone marrow.
- Autologous bone marrow transplantation was being viewed in a different light.
- In other areas, such as blood and bone marrow donation, living donors are the norm.
- A bag containing the retrovirus was connected to a bag of his bone marrow.
- Overall it is very well tolerated, with a low incidence of bone marrow suppression.
- The bone marrow helps regulate the number of white blood cells in the body.
2British A white-fleshed green-skinned gourd, which is eaten as a vegetable. Example sentencesExamples - Other specialist bags have been developed especially for salads and vegetables including even marrows and courgettes.
- Pragmatics perhaps explains cucurbita pepo's lack of popularity: if one assumes they are always merely marrows, who would want to eat them?
- I spotted the first of the really big marrows, and even a small pumpkin the other day.
- So, whether you call it a striped gourd, a marrow, or a zucchini, you might notice that they are quite plentiful at this time of the year.
- I didn't really eat the marrow because I was so full.
- We grow all manner of vegetables from cabbages and carrots to marrows.
- The book devotes 30 pages to cucurbits, from giant pumpkins through marrows, zucchinis and cucumbers to back - scratching loofahs.
- The annual Giant Vegetable Competition is approaching, and the folk who grow carrots and pumpkins and marrows in their back yards are fearful of the voracious rabbits that threaten their produce.
- Lots of vegetables should be ready to harvest now including marrows, onions and sweetcorn.
- Glaze the baby marrows and peeled carrots in a pan with honey.
- In addition to cereals the Greeks used figs, grapes, pomegranates, spinach, marrows, celery, nettles, hyacinth bulbs, artichokes, asparagus and honey.
- Horticultural societies and shows, which began 200 years ago, still display prize marrows, giant leeks and perfect chrysanthemums.
- Ronde de Nice squash, hard-skinned and as smooth as a cricket ball will bake well with a dab of garlic butter, and yet the young marrows would be just as good.
- Behind him, seven-year-old Jordan stood in awe with his grandmother, admiring the enormous marrows.
- The British will bet on virtually anything from the size of marrows, through slug racing, to how long it takes to run round the quadrangle of an Oxford College.
- Courgettes are actually baby marrows, just picked earlier from the plant.
- A thousand plastic ducks and 50 giant marrows were on show as almost £3,000 was raised for charity.
- Two hours later and I was still tousle-haired and wearing an apron over my pajamas, but the pot was bubbling away on the stove and I was clearing up tomato skins and marrow seeds from the worktop.
- Unripe fruits are cooked as a vegetable in the same way as marrows.
- This is a land of festivals, more than any other, whether it means tossing cabers, weighing marrows or staging opera in country houses.
Phrases To one's innermost being. a sight which chilled me to the marrow Example sentencesExamples - It sent a shiver down Nathaniel's spine and chilled his bones to the marrow.
- Nearby a survivor screamed, chilling them all to the marrow.
- In the balmy hours of the night, I had almost forgotten what cold felt like. How it bores down to the marrow.
- He turned, chilled to the marrow, which was, evidently, a nastily foreign feeling.
- And when you returned, wide-eyed with fright and chilled to the marrow, you were secretly amazed at your own survival.
- And then he was bursting through the main door, the chill late-afternoon wind throwing snowflakes against his sweat-streaked face and chilling him to the marrow.
- So naturally I accepted, thrilled to the marrow.
- Finally, when the two workers, frozen to the marrow, emerged from beneath the water, they were stunned to hear the student spectators burst into side-splitting laughter.
- A professional to the marrow of his bones, he has left his mark on the cultural and artistic life of the country.
- Neither will you be chilled to the marrow by the icy blasts of winter, for it scarcely ever freezes.
Origin Old English mearg, mærg (in marrow (sense 3 of the noun)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch merg and German Mark. marrow (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the early 19th century. marrow2(also marrer, marra) nounˈmerōˈmɛroʊ Scottish, Northern English 1A friend, companion, or workmate (often used as a form of address) come here, marrer, we need to talk Example sentencesExamples - My favorite Red Lion patrons were Avery and her marra, Avery, a couple with the only similarity, besides the same name of course, being that they both went to the same school without ever knowing each other.
- 'Deputy seems to have the wind up,' said Jack. 'They all have,' said his marrow. 'Can't make it out why they're shoving the timber in.'
- While in the army most Geordies I met called their best friends their marrer.
- It is this sense of loyalty and brotherhood, found amongst miners the country over, that led to the tragic deaths of two brave men who would not give up their ‘marrer’ for lost.
- Instead of saying friend or pal they would refer to their marra.
- He and his marrer were hewing when a large stone fell from the roof and injured Roberts' back, he died an hour after being taken home.
- There is a widespread superstition amongst Durham miners that they are always forewarned of disasters, often by their old "marras" who have been killed in the pit.
- He came to the face of operations. 'How's things here, marrow?' he asked.
- Katrine is a leddy born - there's nae aulder or prouder stock in the land - and ye're the oy o' the miller o' the Rood-foot, and ye seek to make her your marrow.
- Our own battalion was predominantly Cumbrian, and the men from the west coast called each other 'marrow', pronounced marra.
Synonyms companion, boon companion, bosom friend, best friend, close friend, intimate, confidante, confidant, familiar, soul mate, alter ego, second self, shadow, playmate, playfellow, classmate, schoolmate, workmate, ally, comrade, associate 2Something that forms a pair with something else; a counterpart or twin. Example sentencesExamples - He is the very marrow of John Strathbourne as he was when we fought side by side.
- Mind you, he was a smart man, my father. None his marrow when it came to making an old mare look as young and lifey as a two-year-old, tarring its grey hairs.
Origin Late Middle English: probably from Old Norse margr ‘many’, also ‘friendly, communicative’. |