moelle
French → English
(anatomy) The soft fatty substance found inside bone cavities; marrow
L'os à moelle est un ingrédient essentiel du pot-au-feu traditionnel.
(English) The marrow bone is an essential ingredient of the traditional pot-au-feu.
La moelle osseuse produit les globules rouges du sang.
(English) Bone marrow produces the red blood cells.
(figurative) The essential core or most important part of something
Ce livre permet de tirer la substantifique moelle de la philosophie grecque.
(English) This book allows one to extract the essential core of Greek philosophy.
L'artiste a capturé la moelle de la vie rurale dans ses peintures.
(English) The artist captured the essence of rural life in his paintings.
Entry ID: fr:en:moelle · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary