bone marrow

Questions about bone marrow

What does bone marrow mean?

bone marrow means "the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bone marrow?

Close synonyms include marrow, marrow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bone marrow a common word?

bone marrow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.