morsel
morsels
A morsel is a small amount of something, a tid-bit, a sliver, usually of something of high-quality and much desired — like a morsel of dark chocolate or a morsel of secret information.
Originally it referred specifically to food — a nineteenth century lady might partake of a "dainty morsel" to eat, for example. More often than not morsel now refers to non-food items: a morsel of good taste; a morsel of common sense, and, of course, most popular of all, a morsel of gossip. That's why, like all good food, all good gossip is juicy.
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a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
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chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
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crumb
small piece of e.g. bread or cake
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sop, sops
piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
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breadcrumb
crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
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cracker crumbs
crumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening
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a small quantity of anything“a morsel of paper was all he needed”
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type of:
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small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
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small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Vocabulary lists containing morsel
After a birthday gift brings magic to eleven-year-old Willodeen and her friend Connor, Willodeen goes on a mission to protect her favorite strange beasts known as screechers.
In this verse novel, 13-year-old Reha grapples with her identity as an Indian-American while trying to cope with her mother’s illness.
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