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morsel Definition

mor·sel (môr′səl)

noun

  1. a small bite or portion of food
  2. a small piece or amount; bit
  3. a tasty dish

Etymology: OFr, dim. of mors < L morsum, a bite, piece < pp. of mordere, to bite: see mordant

transitive verb

to divide into or distribute in small portions

morsel Synonyms

morsel

n.

bite, chunk, piece; see bit 1, part 1.

morsel Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • bread: It was a type of mass in which people ate a morsel of bread to get religiously fed!
  • flesh: At lunch I broke a tooth on a morsel of soft flesh.
  • meat: By the time the meat reached my plate, I hadn't eaten a morsel of meat during my entire adult life.
  • food: Every morsel of cat food had vanished from the house.
  • information: Cookie - a morsel of information sent by a web server to a browser for storage on the client machine.

Converse of object

  • eat: By the time the meat reached my plate, I hadn't eaten a morsel of meat during my entire adult life.
  • find: She seemed mildly curious about us but was really more interested in finding more tasty morsels.
  • have: I will make a donation when the money from the research comes in so you may have some tasty morsels to keep body and.
  • enjoy: When you get back you can enjoy these tasty morsels.
  • offer: Offer a tasty morsel at this point to help take away the memory of the experience.
  • devour: He had his own food and water bowls and devoured every morsel of food given him.

Adjective modifier

  • tasty: They do not use sight or smell - just move up the plant hoping to bump into a tasty morsel.
  • juicy: It wonât be long before they are cruising up and down the Grand Union Canal, looking for juicy morsels down The Embankment.
  • tiny: In their efforts to scavenge the tiny morsels of vegetation left in the ground, they have also ingested a lot of sand.
  • sweet: These sweet red morsels are among the most popular fruits grown in the United States.
  • last: Your cat will lick her lips to taste every last morsel.
  • little: A wonderful little helpless morsel, completely at the mercy of my imagination.

Noun used with modifier

  • choice: Was there some giant reptile loose in the village, people wondered, lurking behind the stones ready to seize a choice morsel.
  • food: The cover on the lower hole was then removed and the stick was probed into this to retrieve a food morsel.
  • tender: The subtle flavor of the minted pea purée served with the scallops adds to the pleasure these tender morsels can bring to the dinner.