marrow (redirected from vegetable marrows)

mar·row  (mr)

n.

1. Bone marrow.

2. The spinal cord.

3.

a. The inmost, choicest, or essential part; the pith.

b. Strength or vigor; vitality.

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[Middle English marow, from Old English mearg.]

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marrow·y adj.

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marrow

Noun

1. the fatty tissue that fills the cavities of bones

2. short for vegetable marrow [Old English mærg]

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marrow  (mr)

See bone marrow.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marrow - the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones bone marrow bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates red bone marrow, red marrow - bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells yellow bone marrow, yellow marrow - bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments immune system - a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
	2.	marrow - any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh marrow squash, vegetable marrow vegetable marrow, marrow - large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine - any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden courgette, zucchini - marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small cocozelle, Italian vegetable marrow - squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow
	3.	marrow - very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones bone marrow dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat, delicacy - something considered choice to eat marrowbone - a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
	4.	marrow - large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins vegetable marrow summer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden marrow squash, vegetable marrow, marrow - any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
	5.	marrow - 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" essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, meat, nub, sum, core, heart, center, centre cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

Translations

marrow [ˈmærəu] n → médula;

(vegetable) → calabacín m

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marrow [ˈmærəu] n [of bone] → moelle f (= vegetable); courge f

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marrow [ˈmærəu] n (vegetable) → Kürbis m;

(also: bone marrow) → (Knochen)mark nt

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marrow [ˈmærəu] n → midollo;

(vegetable) → zucca

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marrow

n marrow

1 the soft substance in the hollow parts of bones Beef marrow is needed for this dish. murg نُخاع العِظام، مُخ العَظْم костен мозък morek marv das Knochenmark μεδούλι médula, tuétano üdi مغز استخوان luuydin moelle מוֹח עֶצֶם मज्जा koštana srž velő sumsum beinmergur midollo 骨髄 골수 kaulų smegenys kaulu smadzenes sumsum merg marg szpik kostny medula măduvă костный мозг špik mozeg koštana srž märg ไขกระดูก ilik 骨髓 кістковий мозок ہڈی کا گودا tủy 骨髓

2 (Americansquash) a large, green, thick-skinned vegetable, or its flesh as food. murgpampoen كوسى тиквичка dýně græskar der Eierkürbis κολοκύθι calabacín kabatšokk کدو مسمایی kurpitsa courge(tte) קִישוּא कुम्हडा़ šućur tök labu kúrbítur zucchino かぼちゃ 서양 호박의 일종 agurotis kabacis labu pompoen squash, gresskar dynia abóbora dovlecel кабачок tekvica buča vrsta povrća squash แกนของผัก sakız kabağı 葫蘆 кабачок بڑا سفید گودے کا گھیا bí ngô 葫芦