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marrow
1. n. The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
2. n. A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
3. n. The essence; the best part.
4. n. (medicine, colloquial) Bone marrow biopsy.
This patient will have a marrow today.
5. n. (obsolete) Semen.
6. n. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
Cheers marrow!
7. n. (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

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I love sucking the marrow from the bones; it's even better than the meat on the bones.  She needs a bone marrow transplant, but she has not found a donor yet.

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