"marrowbone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: marrowbones [plural]
Etymology: From marrow + bone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|marrow|bone}} marrow + bone Head templates: {{en-noun}} marrowbone (plural marrowbones)
  1. A bone containing edible marrow. Translations (bone with edible marrow): ծուծոսկր (cucoskr) (Armenian), mergbeen [neuter] (Dutch), üdikont (Estonian), ydinluu (Finnish), os à moelle [masculine] (French), Markknochen [masculine] (German), velőscsont (Hungarian), cnámh smeara [masculine] (Irish), osso con midollo [masculine] (Italian), ossobuco [masculine] (Italian), osso buco [masculine] (Italian), òss bus [masculine] (Lombard), cabbi (Northern Sami), kość szpikowa [feminine] (Polish), мозгова́я кость (mozgovája kostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), marrae-bane (Scots), merkie-bane [Insular-Scots] (Scots), hueso con tuétano [masculine] (Spanish), tuétano [masculine] (Spanish), märgben [neuter] (Swedish), märgpipa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-marrowbone-en-noun-cqCS2zkl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'bone with edible marrow': 99 1
  2. (humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling. Tags: humorous, in-plural
    Sense id: en-marrowbone-en-noun-k2G~UwuC

Inflected forms

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