Morsel

Quick meaning: Morsel is a noun meaning A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.

Meaning

A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.

More Meanings

1. A mouthful of food.
2. A very small amount.
3. (transitive) To divide into small pieces.
4. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To feed with small pieces of food.

Example Sentences

Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?

By sticking out his tongue and curling it sideways to explore the hairy jungle around his mouth, he was always able to find a tasty morsel here and there to nibble on.

If a morsel of food fell off your plate, the advice of one contemporary document was to pick it up, make the sign of the cross over it, season it well - and then eat it.

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Word Forms

• morsels
• morcel
• morseling
• morselling
• morseled
• morselled

Synonyms for morsel

Depending on context, synonyms include ace, atom, atomy, aught, bissel, bit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bite, bit, scrap, lump, tidbit, ort.

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