Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A bone for flavoring soup.
- n. Informal The knees.
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- n. A bone containing edible marrow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A bone containing marrow
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bone containing fat or edible marrow. See marrow, 1.
- n. plural The bones of the knees; the knees.
- n. A large bone used to make a rhythmical noise by striking against something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
Etymologies
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Examples
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Walter was lying on the porch mat, happily gnawing on a marrowbone.
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Then later, when the soup was done, she would remove one marrowbone from the soup and with a tiny spoon place the marrow on a piece of baguette, sprinkle it with salt, and give it to me.
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If the onions start to stick to the bottom, stir in ¼ cup of the marrowbone broth.
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When the meat and the vegetables are cooked and tender, carefully remove the marrowbone and the rest of the meat to a platter.
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Or, did you ever see a dog with a marrowbone in his mouth, — the beast of all other, says Plato, lib. 2, de Republica, the most philosophical?
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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In the corner of his high seat, the throne of a thane, the gully dwarf Bluph curled up, snoring with a cracked marrowbone tucked under his arm.
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The weight given for the meat reflects the fact that there is a marrowbone in the center of each piece of shank.
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I fry like a burnt marrowbone -- Come nearer, rascal.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810
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December, and the former looked like a maypole by the side of a marrowbone.
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I suppose you may have read that the Turks have no music but what is shocking to the ears; but this account is from those who never heard any, but what is played in the streets, and is just as reasonable as if a foreigner should take his ideas of the English music from the bladder and string, and marrowbone and cleavers.
bilby commented on the word marrowbone
Yeah, the guy with 2 legs and something in his hands.
December 24, 2012
dailyword commented on the word marrowbone
One of the prisoners in the first Pirates Of The Carribean movie was trying to tempt the jail's dog with this.
December 24, 2012