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marrow

/ˈmeɹəʊ/MEH-roh
/ˈmɛɹoʊ/MEH-roh

Meaningpith, bone-marrow

Common meaning: the soft centre of bones

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishmearh‘marrow’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmarowsource
  3. Englishmarrow‘the soft centre of bones’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English mearh ‘pith, bone-marrow’.

Roots

  • mearh Old English “pith, bone-marrow”

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