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morsel

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mor·sel  (môrsl)
n.
1. A small piece of food.
2. A tasty delicacy; a tidbit.
3. A small amount; a piece: a morsel of gossip.
4. One that is delightful and extremely pleasing.

[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of mors, bite, from Latin morsum, from neuter past participle of mordre, to bite; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

morsel
Noun
a small piece of something, esp. of food [Old French mors a bite]

Morsel a small quantity—Johnson, 1755.
Examples: morsel of feeling, 1860; of quicksilver ore, 1839; of territory, 1860.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.morsel - a small quantity of anything; "a morsel of paper was all he needed"
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
2.morsel - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
mouthful, taste - a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"
chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco
crumb - small piece of e.g. bread or cake
sop, sops - piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

morsel
noun piece, bite, bit, slice, scrap, part, grain, taste, segment, fragment, fraction, snack, crumb, nibble, mouthful, tad (informal), chiefly U.S. titbit, soupçon (French)
Translations
morsel [ˈmɔːsl] n [of food] → bocado

morsel [ˈmɔːsl] nbouchée f

morsel [ˈmɔːsl] nStückchen nt

morsel [ˈmɔːsl] nboccone m

morsel
n morsel [ˈmoːsəl]
a small piece of something, especially food a tasty morsel of fish for the cat. stukkie, happie لُقْمَه хапка sousto bid das Stückchen μπουκιά bocado suutäis تکه suupala bouchée חֲתִיכָה ग्रास, कौर निवाला, कवल zalogaj morzsa potongan kecil (matar)biti boccone 一片 한 입, 한 조각, 조금 kąsnelis, gabaliukas kumosiņš, gabaliņš sedikit sukje godbit, lekkerbisken kąsek naco bucăţică кусочек sústo grižljaj parče smula, bit จำนวนเล็กน้อย lokma (食物的)一小塊 шматочок, кусочок ایک نوالہ mẩu食物


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Early in this trick once when the steward had left the room and Michael's eager nose was within an inch of the prohibited morsel, Kwaque, playfully inclined, reached for the morsel himself and received a lacerated hand from the quick flash and clip of Michael's jaws.
The choice morsel had been judiciously separated from the adjoining and less worthy parts of the beast, and, enveloped in the hairy coating provided by nature, it had duly undergone the heat of the customary subterraneous oven, and was now laid before its proprietors in all the culinary glory of the prairies.
The Fox accumulated all that they had killed into one large heap and left to himself the smallest possible morsel.
 
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