marrow
noun
a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.
marrowy
-
a word derived from
marrow.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes she gets her teeth into a marrowy morsel, sometimes merely chews an old hat.
From Time Magazine Archive
And what he has to say is nobody's pipe-dream but a meaty, marrowy, seasoned report on an active life which many a reader will envy.
From Time Magazine Archive
By wool fiber is understood the horny substance resembling hair, with the difference that the former has no marrowy tissue.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various
"I have paid for it," looking him steadily in the eye, some unexpected manliness rising up, making his tone bitter and marrowy.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various
They have a certain slight distinctive roughness; are fine, juicy, marrowy in the mouth, and after having been in bottle some years they acquire a very beautiful bouquet.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett
