morsel
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
a small piece, quantity, or amount of anything; scrap; bit.
something very appetizing; treat or tidbit.
a person or thing that is attractive or delightful.
to distribute in or divide into tiny portions (often followed by out): to morsel out the last pieces of meat.
Origin of morsel
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How to use morsel in a sentence
The idea was to hold your knife in the right hand and fork in the left as you cut up everything on the plate into tiny morsels.
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They were knives; anyway, they were used to spread the delicious morsels of butter on the brown loaf.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerI got quite accustomed to the sight of him; he would run over my bed, and come and take the precious morsels out of my hand.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoOccasionally he pushes a little Latin into his discourses and at intervals be graces them with morsels of Greek.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusHe was huge of build, with a long grey beard to which adhered stale morsels of food and the acrid scent of strong cigars.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieChasing morsels of fish around your plate with bits of bread is obsolete.
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British Dictionary definitions for morsel
/ (ˈmɔːsəl) /
a small slice or mouthful of food
a small piece; bit
Irish informal a term of endearment for a child
Origin of morsel
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