marrow

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.2.3 Related terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English mary, marow, marowe, marowȝ < Old English mearg < Proto-Germanic *mazgō < Proto-Indo-European *mozgo-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ærəʊ

[edit] Noun

marrow (plural marrows)

1. (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.

1. (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
   • 1847 Sir Robert Schomburgh, Steam-Boat Voyage to Barbados, Bentley's Miscellany, Vol XXII, London: Richard Bentley, page 37.

     The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow, were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.

[edit] Derived terms

• bone marrow
• marrowbone

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse margr.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• marra

[edit] Noun

marrow (plural marrows)

1. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.

   Cheers marrow!

[edit] References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893-4[1]
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]