morsel
/ˈmɔɹsəl/ noun C2- A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
- A mouthful of food.
- A very small amount.
Plural morsels
From the library
Then they began to pass around the dusky, piquant, Arlesian sausages, and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses, prawns of large size and brilliant color, the echinus with its prickly outside and dainty morsel within, the clovis, esteemed by the epicures of the South as more than rivalling the exquisite flavor of the oyster, North.
The Fox accumulated all that they had killed into one large heap and left to himself the smallest possible morsel.
Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit.
Ah, those gentlemen never choose the worst morsels; like Mère Simon’s son, who has not chosen the worst strawberries.
Other matches
Learn morsel in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.