Synonyms for marrow
ˈmær oʊmar·row

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1. marrow

   Synonyms:
   pith, gist, substance, essence, life, cream, kernel

   Antonyms:
   surplusage, redundancy, excrescence, superfluity, clothing, dressing, amplification, volume, mass, body

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1. marrow, bone marrownoun

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

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

2. marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrownoun

   any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

3. marrow, bone marrownoun

   very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

4. marrow, vegetable marrownoun

   large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

   Synonyms:
   marrow squash, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, bone marrow, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, essence, heart, vegetable marrow, pith

5. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

   the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

   Synonyms:
   affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

Matched Categories

1. • Connective Tissue
   • Content
   • Delicacy
   • Summer Squash

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1. marrownoun

   Synonyms:
   medulla, pith

2. marrownoun

   Synonyms:
   essence, quintessence, best part, essential part

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1. marrownoun

   Synonyms:
   medulla, pith

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1. List of paraphrases for "marrow":

   pith, spinal, cord, medullary, bone, medulla, bone-marrow

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1. Sharon Lewin:

   Coming 10 years after the successful report of the Berlin Patient, this new case confirms that bone marrow transplantation from a CCR5-negative donor can eliminate residual virus and stop any traces of virus from rebounding, two factors are likely at play : The new bone marrow is resistant to HIV, and also, the new bone marrow is actively eliminating any HIV-infected cells.

2. Louise Erdrich:

   Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.

3. Kate McDermott of BeTheMatch:

   In an effort to serve all of our patients, we want to see African American bone marrow donors chance of finding a match increase year over year. Seeing that 23 % for Black and African American patients increase to 29 % -- African American's what it's all about for us, in line with our commitment to serve our patients in providing equal outcomes for all, we are trying to remove every barrier to donation.

4. David Kronn:

   Over the years, we’ve become aware that a bone marrow transplant early in the disease can be life-saving for these patients, but we now know that it's only effective in the early stages of the disease.

5. Gail Demmler:

   CMV can affect the liver the spleen the bone marrow, lungs, heart, but the most devastating thing it can do is damage the brain, it causes brain damage, vision impairment, hearing loss … but it can affect any organ system.