noun
morsel
MAW-suhl
noun
1
A small piece or amount of food, or more generally, a tiny bit of something.
"She saved the last morsel of cake for later."
"He shared a morsel of gossip he'd overheard at the office."
How to Use Morsel
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small bite or scrap of something, usually food.
Common pairings
a tasty morsel
the last morsel
a morsel of information
Word Forms
morseled past tense, morselled past tense, morsels plural, morsels singular
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Etymology
From Old French morsel, from Latin morsum ("a bite"), from mordere ("to bite") — the same root that gives us "morsel" and "remorse."