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marrowbone

[ mar-oh-bohn ]

  1. a bone containing edible marrow.
  2. marrowbones, Facetious. the knees.


marrowbone

/ ˈmærəʊˌbəʊn /

noun

    1. a bone containing edible marrow
    2. ( as modifier )

      marrowbone jelly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of marrowbone1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; marrow 1, bone
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Example Sentences

There he sat cracking marrowbones, neat, tough, durable, his sleek furlike hair shedding the water like a bird’s feathers: he dripped a little onto his shoulders, like house-eaves dripping, and never noticed it.

From the center of the rice soars a roasted marrowbone, well browned but not overheated.

She marinates short ribs in honor of her Korean grandmother, braises them and serves them with a roasted marrowbone — it's tasty, if you don't think too hard about your favorite galbi jjim in Koreatown.

There are short ribs gently simmered in broth; potatoes and carrots; a marrowbone jutting from the tureen and even a little dish of mustard.

He built his oven himself using cement and bricks, and cooks food in cast iron pans and sometimes throws a marrowbone directly into the flames to harvest the marrow.

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