Synonyms:
marrow, bone_marrow
Meaning: the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
Usage examples
But in this search I received a check, my God, which chilled me to the marrow, and set me flying from these places.
They wasted o'er a scorching flame The marrow of his bones, But the miller used him worst of all, For he crushed him between two stones.
Then the cold began to bite into his marrow, and he struggled manfully to swim, taking long, slow strokes, at first comparatively powerful, by insensible degrees losing force.
Let me have some eggs, a piece of wild boar, and such and such roots and herbs for the soup; and as for the dumplings,' he added in a low voice to the head cook, 'I shall want four different kinds of meat, some wine, a duck's marrow, some ginger, and a herb called heal-well.'