morsel

Definitions


[ˈmɔːsl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful
(e.g: Juliet pushed a morsel of toast into her mouth)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of mors ‘a bite’, from Latin mors- ‘bitten’, from the verb mordere




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