yellow marrow

1. 1.

   bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults

   Synonymsyellow bone marrow

   Broadermarrow

Questions about yellow marrow

What does yellow marrow mean?

yellow marrow means "bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults".

What is another word for yellow marrow?

Close synonyms include yellow bone 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 yellow marrow a common word?

yellow marrow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.