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MARROWBONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("marrowbone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Meronyms (parts of "marrowbone"):
bone marrow; marrow (very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones)