Marrow
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Entry:marrow
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Part of Speech:noun
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Definition:the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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Synonyms:center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum.
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Sample Sentences:1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument. 2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party. 3. the nub of the story.
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Hypernym:cognitive content, content, mental object.
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Derivationally related form:summate, pithy, sententious, meaty, substantive, all-important, all important, crucial, essential, of the essence, cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal.
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Hyponym:bare bones, hypostasis, haecceity, quiddity, quintessence, stuff.