morsel

morsel
Synonyms and related words:
ambrosia, atom, bait, bit, bite, bolus, bonne bouche, butt, cate, champ, chaw, chew, chip, choice morsel, chomp, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, crumb, cud, cut, cutting, dainty, delicacy, dessert, dollop, drop, end, fraction, fragment, gnash, gob, gobbet, goody, grain, granule, hunk, kickshaw, lump, manna, modicum, moiety, morceau, mouthful, munch, nectar, nibble, nip, paring, particle, patch, piece, pinch, quid, rasher, remnant, sample, savory, scoop, scrap, shard, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, smidgin, smithereen, snack, snap, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, soupcon, speck, splinter, spoonful, stitch, stump, swallow, tag, taste, tatter, tidbit, titbit, treat, whit

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  • Morsel — Mor sel, n. [OF. morsel, F. morceau, LL. morsellus, a dim. fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite; prob. akin to E. smart. See {Smart}, and cf. {Morceau}, {Mordant}, {Muse}, v., {Muzzle}, n.] 1. A little bite or bit of food. Chaucer.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • morsel — (n.) late 13c., a bite, mouthful; small piece, fragment, from O.Fr. morsel (Mod.Fr. morceau) small bite, portion, helping, dim. of mors a bite, from L. morsus biting, a bite, neuter pp. of mordere to bite (see MORDANT (Cf. mordant)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • morsel — index iota, minimum Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • morsel — [n] tiny piece bait, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, delicacy, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, hunk, lump, mouthful, nibble, nosh, part, sample, scrap, segment, slice, snack, soupçon, taste, tidbit, treat; concepts 457,458,831,835 Ant. lot …   New thesaurus

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

  • morsel — [môr′səl] n. [OFr, dim. of mors < L morsum, a bite, piece < pp. of mordere, to bite: see MORDANT] 1. a small bite or portion of food 2. a small piece or amount; bit 3. a tasty dish vt. to divide into or distribute in small portions …   English World dictionary

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

  • morsel — mor|sel [ˈmo:səl US ˈmo:r ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: mors bite , from Latin mordere; MORDANT] a very small amount of something, especially a small piece of food = ↑scrap morsel of ▪ a morsel of bread ▪ a morsel of scandal ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 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 — [13] Etymologically, a morsel is a piece ‘bitten’ off. The word comes from Old French morsel, a diminutive of mors ‘bite’. This in turn goes back to Latin morsus, a derivative of the same base as the verb mordēre ‘bite’. Other English words from… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • morsel — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)s(ə)l[/t]] morsels N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n A morsel is a very small amount of something, especially a very small piece of food. ...a delicious little morsel of meat. Syn: scrap …   English dictionary

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