MARROWBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marrowbone mean? 

• MARROWBONE (noun)
  The noun MARROWBONE has 1 sense:

1. a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup

  Familiarity information: MARROWBONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARROWBONE (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)