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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.

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[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.]

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morsel [ˈmɔːs^əl]

n

1. (Cookery) a small slice or mouthful of food

2. a small piece; bit

3. Irish informal a term of endearment for a child

[from Old French, from mors a bite, from Latin morsus, from mordēre to bite]

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Morsel a small quantity—Johnson, 1755.

Examples: morsel of feeling, 1860; of quicksilver ore, 1839; of territory, 1860.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" bite, bit 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

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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) a delicious little morsel of meat

Translations

morsel [ˈmɔːsl] N [of food] → bocado m (fig) → pedazo m

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morsel [ˈmɔː^rs^əl] n [food] → bouchée f

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morsel

n (of food) → Bissen m, → Happen m; (fig) → bisschen nt; (of information) → Brocken m; not a morsel of food → kein Bissen zu essen; a morsel of comfort → ein kleiner Trost

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morsel [ˈmɔːsl] n (of food) → boccone m (fig) → briciolo

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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 (음식물의 한입 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 （食物的）一口