MARROWBONE

marrowbone

(noun) a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

marrowbone (plural marrowbones)

A bone containing edible marrow. [from 14th c.]

(jocular, chiefly, in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling. [from 16th c.]

Anagrams

• bone marrow, bone-marrow, bonemarrow

Source: Wiktionary


Mar"row*bone`, n.

Definition: A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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