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marrowbone

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A bone containing edible marrow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, in-plural

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: bone, os

History

Etymology

From marrow + bone.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ծուծոսկր (cucoskr) — bone with edible marrow
  • Dutch: mergbeen — bone with edible marrow
  • Estonian: üdikont — bone with edible marrow
  • Finnish: ydinluu — bone with edible marrow
  • French: os à moelle — bone with edible marrow
  • German: Markknochen — bone with edible marrow
  • Greek: μεδουλιώδες οστό (medouliódes ostó) — bone with edible marrow
  • Hungarian: velőscsont — bone with edible marrow
  • Irish: cnámh smeara — bone with edible marrow
  • Italian: osso con midollo — bone with edible marrow
  • Italian: ossobuco — bone with edible marrow
  • Italian: osso buco — bone with edible marrow
  • Lombard: òss bus — bone with edible marrow
  • Polish: kość szpikowa — bone with edible marrow
  • Russian: мозгова́я кость (mozgovája kostʹ) — bone with edible marrow
  • Northern Sami: cabbi — bone with edible marrow
  • Scots: marrae-bane — bone with edible marrow
  • Scots: merkie-bane — bone with edible marrow
  • Spanish: hueso con tuétano — bone with edible marrow
  • Spanish: tuétano — bone with edible marrow
  • Swedish: märgben — bone with edible marrow
  • Swedish: märgpipa — bone with edible marrow