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Definition

a very small quantity — usually of food

morsel = a very small quantity

morsel = a very small quantity

There's a morsel of truth in what she says.
looking for any morsel of news
I feared, at first, he was going to torture me by unsatisfactory replies, and either leave me quite in the dark concerning what I wanted to know, or force me to drag the information out of him, morsel by morsel, by direct inquiries.
Anne Bronte -- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I was fully aware that I could pay for my crime at any time, so I ate every morsel as if it were my last meal.
Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It

morsel = tiny bit

Where there was a morsel of food on a shelf, there was someone standing in front of it, often with a club in his hand.
Jerry Spinelli -- Milkweed

morsel = tiny amount

In this way, you will be able to keep yourself supplied with tasty morsels for the rest of your life.
Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

morsels = very small amounts of food

I climbed into garbage cans to hunt for a morsel of food.
Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy

morsel = small quantity

Catherine, meanwhile, in the parlour, picking up her morsel of fancy work, had seated herself with it again—for life, as it were.
Henry James -- Washington Square
147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
The Bible -- Psalms
Who awaited them, his beautiful dark face expressionless, and as the last morsels melted on his tray, it struck them.
E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India
As dainty a morsel as ever I grew fat on.
C.S. Lewis -- The Screwtape Letters
He goes down in huge morsels, head, chest, hips, legs, even the hands and feet.
John Gardner -- Grendel
I had gnawed into the unsatisfying books and into my own unstocked mind without finding a morsel of peace or understanding.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
In particular I remember a satisfying morsel of chocolate filled with lemon.
Jaycee Lee Dugard -- A Stolen Life
The poor morsel of food only whetted desire.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(He eats a morsel) You still make superlative custard, Alice.
Robert Bolt -- A Man for All Seasons
We could synthesize every morsel of food, if we wanted to.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
She could not get her morsels of food down her throat; her lips were dry, and she was ready to choke.
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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