morsel+(noun)

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• morsel — ► NOUN ▪ a small piece of food; a mouthful. ORIGIN Old French, little bite …   English terms dictionary

• morsel — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ choice, delicious, juicy, tasty (all often figurative) ▪ a juicy morsel of gossip ▪ little, tiny …   Collocations dictionary

• morsel — noun (C) 1 a small piece of food (+ of): a morsel of bread | tasty morsels 2 morsel of hope/wisdom/gossip etc a small amount of hope etc: That s the best morsel of scandal we ve had for ages …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• morsel — noun 1》 a small piece of food; a mouthful. 2》 a small amount or piece: a morsel of advice. Origin ME: from OFr., dimin. of mors a bite , from L. mors , mordere to bite …   English new terms dictionary

• morsel — noun /mɔː(r)səl/ a) A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food. b) ; bit; piece …   Wiktionary

• morsel — noun we sampled morsels of their splendid desserts Syn: mouthful, bite, nibble, bit, soupçon, taste, spoonful, forkful, sliver, drop, dollop, spot, gobbet, tidbit …   Thesaurus of popular words

• morsel — UK [ˈmɔː(r)s(ə)l] / US [ˈmɔrs(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms morsel : singular morsel plural morsels 1) formal a small piece of food 2) a small amount of something, especially something good, contained in something else …   English dictionary

• morsel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, diminutive of mors bite, from Latin morsus, from mordēre to bite more at mordant Date: 14th century 1. a small piece of food ; bite 2. a small quantity ; fragment 3. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• morsel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mouthful, bite, crumb, scrap, bit. See littleness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bite, chunk, piece; see bit 1 , part 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. bite, tidbit, spoonful, bit, a taste, mouthful,… …   English dictionary for students

• morsel — mor|sel [ mɔrsl ] noun count 1. ) FORMAL a small piece of food 2. ) a small amount of something, especially something good, contained in something else …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• morsel — [ˈmɔːs(ə)l] noun [C] 1) formal a small piece of food 2) a small amount of something …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English