Meaning

2 senses
  1. A bone containing edible marrow.

    Markknochen

    мозгова́я костьmozgovája kostʹ

    a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup

  2. (humorous, in the plural)The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
bone with edible marrow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bone with edible marrow:

Origin

From marrow + bone.

From marrow + bone.

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Forms

plural: marrowbones
Singularmarrowbone
Pluralmarrowbones

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
marrowbone — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto