Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small piece or amount of solid food; a mouthful: A "morsel" refers to a tiny, bite-sized portion of food.
   • A small piece, fragment, or amount of anything: More generally, a "morsel" can describe any very small quantity or piece of a non-food substance.

Usage

• The word "morsel" is used to emphasize the small size of something. It often implies that the amount is barely enough or is a tiny, often delightful, portion.
• It is a countable noun (e.g., , ).

Examples

• Noun (Food):
  • She saved a morsel of cake for later.
  • The dog waited patiently for a morsel of meat to fall from the table.
• Noun (General):
  • He scribbled the note on a morsel of paper.
  • There wasn't a morsel of truth in his story.

Advanced Usage

• "Not a morsel": Used for emphasis to mean "none at all."
  • After the storm, there was not a morsel of food left in the pantry.
• "Tasty morsel": Often used figuratively to describe a piece of interesting information or gossip.
  • The journalist was always looking for a tasty morsel of scandal.

Variants and Related Words

• Morselize (verb, rare): To break or cut into small pieces.
  • The chef morselized the vegetables for the stew.

Synonyms

• Bit: A small piece or amount.
• Fragment: A small part broken off.
• Scrap: A small, detached piece.
• Tidbit: A small and particularly interesting item, especially of food or information.

Idioms and Phrases

• "Every last morsel": All of it, leaving nothing.
  • The children ate every last morsel of their dinner.

Noun

1. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
   • all they had left was a bit of bread
2. a small quantity of anything
   • a morsel of paper was all he needed