Phrase guide

bone marrow

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊn ˌmæɹəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈboʊn ˌmɛɚoʊ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marrow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: connective tissue

Narrower terms: red marrow, red bone marrow, yellow marrow, yellow bone marrow

3

noun

Meaning 3

very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marrow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: beenmurg — bone marrow
  • Albanian: palcë — bone marrow
  • Southern Altai: јилик (ǰilik) — bone marrow
  • Arabic: نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ) — bone marrow
  • Arabic: نُخَاع العَظْم (nuḵāʕ al-ʕaẓm) — bone marrow
  • Arabic: نِقْي (niqy) — bone marrow
  • Arabic: نِقْي اَلْعَظْم (niqy al-ʕaẓm) — bone marrow
  • Arabic: نخاع (nḵāʕ) — bone marrow
  • Aragonese: miollo — bone marrow
  • Armenian: ոսկրածուծ (oskracuc) — bone marrow
  • Aromanian: mãduã — bone marrow
  • Azerbaijani: sümük iliyi — bone marrow
  • Bashkir: елек (yelek) — bone marrow
  • Basque: hezur-muin — bone marrow
  • Belarusian: касця́вы мозг (kascjávy mozh) — bone marrow
  • Bengali: অস্থি মজ্জা (osthi mojja) — bone marrow
  • Bulgarian: ко́стен мо́зък (kósten mózǎk) — bone marrow
  • Burmese: ရိုးတွင်းခြင်ဆီ (rui:twang:hkranghci) — bone marrow
  • Catalan: medul·la òssia — bone marrow
  • Catalan: bessó — bone marrow
  • Catalan: medul·la — bone marrow
  • Catalan: moll (de l'os) — bone marrow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨髓 (gǔsuǐ) — bone marrow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 髓 (suǐ) — bone marrow
  • Czech: kostní dřeň — bone marrow
  • Czech: morek — bone marrow
  • Danish: knoglemarv — bone marrow
  • Danish: marv — bone marrow
  • Dutch: beenmerg — bone marrow
  • Dutch: merg — bone marrow
  • Esperanto: osta medolo — bone marrow
  • Esperanto: medolo — bone marrow
  • Estonian: luuüdi — bone marrow
  • Estonian: üdi — bone marrow
  • Estonian: kondiüdi — bone marrow
  • Faroese: mergur — bone marrow
  • Finnish: luuydin — bone marrow
  • French: moelle osseuse — bone marrow
  • French: moelle — bone marrow
  • Friulian: medole — bone marrow
  • Galician: micharola — bone marrow
  • Galician: tútano — bone marrow
  • Galician: caña — bone marrow
  • Galician: tuelo — bone marrow
  • Galician: medula ósea — bone marrow
  • Georgian: ტვინი (ṭvini) — bone marrow
  • Georgian: ძვლის ტვინი (ʒvlis ṭvini) — bone marrow
  • German: Knochenmark — bone marrow
  • German: Mark — bone marrow
  • Greek: μεδούλι (medoúli) — bone marrow
  • Hebrew: מֹחַ עֶצֶם (móaḥ 'étzem) — bone marrow
  • Hindi: अस्थि मज्जा (asthi majjā) — bone marrow
  • Hindi: मज्जा (majjā) — bone marrow
  • Hungarian: csontvelő — bone marrow
  • Hungarian: velő — bone marrow
  • Icelandic: beinmergur — bone marrow
  • Indonesian: sumsum tulang — bone marrow
  • Interlingua: medulla — bone marrow
  • Irish: smior — bone marrow
  • Italian: midollo osseo — bone marrow
  • Italian: midollo — bone marrow
  • Japanese: 骨髄 (kotsuzui) — bone marrow
  • Japanese: 髄 (sune) — bone marrow
  • Kannada: ಎಲುಬು ಮಜ್ಜೆ (elubu majje) — bone marrow
  • Kazakh: сүйек майы (süiek maiy) — bone marrow
  • Khmer: មិញ្ជា (mɨɲcie) — bone marrow
  • Khmer: ខួរឆ្អឹង (khuə chʼəng) — bone marrow
  • Korean: 골수 (golsu) — bone marrow
  • Northern Kurdish: moxê hestî — bone marrow
  • Kyrgyz: жиликтин чучугу (jiliktin cucugu) — bone marrow
  • Kyrgyz: кемиктин майы (kemiktin mayı) — bone marrow
  • Lao: ໄຂກະດູກ (khai ka dūk) — bone marrow
  • Latin: medulla ossium — bone marrow
  • Latin: medulla — bone marrow
  • Latvian: kaulu smadzenes — bone marrow
  • Lithuanian: kaulų čiulpai — bone marrow
  • Macedonian: коскена срж (koskena srž) — bone marrow
  • Malay: sumsum tulang — bone marrow
  • Malayalam: അസ്ഥിമജ്ജ (asthimajja) — bone marrow
  • Maltese: mudullun — bone marrow
  • Māori: mongamonga — bone marrow
  • Māori: waimongamonga — bone marrow
  • Mongolian: чөмөг (čömög) — bone marrow
  • Muak Sa-aak: k.cuak1 k.ʔaːŋ3 — bone marrow
  • Norman: moelle d'un os — bone marrow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: beinmarg — bone marrow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: benmarg — bone marrow
  • Persian: مغز استخوان (maġz-e ostoxân) — bone marrow
  • Pitjantjatjara: nyuṉtjuṉ — bone marrow
  • Polish: szpik kostny — bone marrow
  • Polish: szpik — bone marrow
  • Portuguese: medula óssea — bone marrow
  • Portuguese: medula — bone marrow
  • Portuguese: tutano — bone marrow
  • Romagnol: mbróla — bone marrow
  • Romanian: măduvă osoasă — bone marrow
  • Romanian: măduvă — bone marrow
  • Russian: ко́стный мозг (kóstnyj mozg) — bone marrow
  • Northern Sami: ađa — bone marrow
  • Skolt-Sami: õõđ — bone marrow
  • Scots: marrae — bone marrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: коштана срж — bone marrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: koštana srž — bone marrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: srž — bone marrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: moždina — bone marrow
  • Sicilian: midudda — bone marrow
  • Slovak: kostná dreň — bone marrow
  • Slovak: špik — bone marrow
  • Slovene: kostni mozeg — bone marrow
  • Slovene: mozeg — bone marrow
  • Spanish: meollo — bone marrow
  • Spanish: tuétano — bone marrow
  • Spanish: médula — bone marrow
  • Spanish: médula ósea — bone marrow
  • Swahili: uboho — bone marrow
  • Swedish: benmärg — bone marrow
  • Swedish: märg — bone marrow
  • Tagalog: bulalo — bone marrow
  • Tagalog: utik — bone marrow
  • Tajik: мағзи устухон (maġz-i ustuxon) — bone marrow
  • Tamil: எலும்பு மச்சை (elumpu maccai) — bone marrow
  • Tashelhit: adif — bone marrow
  • Tausug: sumsum — bone marrow
  • Telugu: ఎముక మజ్జ (emuka majja) — bone marrow
  • Thai: ไขกระดูก (kǎi-grà-dùuk) — bone marrow
  • Turkish: kemik iliği — bone marrow
  • Turkish: ilik — bone marrow
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایلیك (ilik) — bone marrow
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخ (muh) — bone marrow
  • Turkmen: ýilik — bone marrow
  • Ukrainian: кістко́вий мо́зок (kistkóvyj mózok) — bone marrow
  • Unami: pahkàsun — bone marrow
  • Uzbek: ilik — bone marrow
  • Uzbek: koʻmik — bone marrow
  • Venetan: mioła — bone marrow
  • Venetan: miola — bone marrow
  • Venetan: meoła — bone marrow
  • Venetan: meola — bone marrow
  • Vietnamese: tủy xương — bone marrow
  • Volapük: pif — bone marrow
  • Welsh: mêr — bone marrow
  • Yankunytjatjara: nyuṉtjuṉ — bone marrow
  • Yiddish: מאַרך (markh) — bone marrow