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Answer for the clue "A bone containing edible marrow ", 10 letters:
marrowbone

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Word definitions for marrowbone in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marrowbone \Mar"row*bone`\, n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Marrowbone may refer to the following places: Marrowbone, Cumberland County, Kentucky Marrowbone, Pike County, Kentucky Marrowbone Township, Moultrie County, Illinois Marrowbone Lane in Dublin, Ireland

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from marrow + bone (n.). A poetic Old English word for "bone" was mearhcofa "marrow-chamber."

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A bone containing edible marrow.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup

Usage examples of marrowbone.

Then they would all to a man have gone down on their marrowbones to him to come back when he had recovered his senses.