1
as in mouthful
a small piece or quantity of food
the chef's cuisine is so good that diners will want to savor every morsel
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2
as in speck
a very small piece
searching for any morsel of useful information
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3
as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence
a morsel like her wouldn't last a week in the rough-and-tumble world of Wall Street
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Recent Examples of morsel
After all, it’s been days since she’s had a morsel, and she’s got a taciturn little lion hunter in the oven!
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
The timeline offered a morsel of clarity about the reciprocal tariff plan, which remains highly opaque just hours before it is set to be unveiled.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jesse Pound,christina Wilkie,megan Cassella,erin Doherty, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Is that fear of Jamie, or her losing that last morsel of hope?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Yet, at the ring of the phone or the ping of the group chat, our hearts leap at the hope of some enticing morsel, delivered hot.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
The timeline offered a morsel of clarity about the reciprocal tariff plan, which remains highly opaque just hours before it is set to be unveiled.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jesse Pound,christina Wilkie,megan Cassella,erin Doherty, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Is that fear of Jamie, or her losing that last morsel of hope?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Yet, at the ring of the phone or the ping of the group chat, our hearts leap at the hope of some enticing morsel, delivered hot.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morsel
Noun
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Sleek and syrupy rich mouthful of maple syrup and mocha with succulent red cherries and some mushrooms on the finish.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The photo shows a happy Thomas with his Philly in his lap, and a mouthful of Angelo's.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Noun
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When dishes air-dry, especially in a dishwasher or on a drying rack, the water evaporates, and these minerals remain on the surface, forming those unsightly white or grayish specks.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2025
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Her path had been ambitiously charted to include a refuelling stop on Howland Island, a speck between Hawaii and Australia.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere, Jonathan and Ana made a smart strategic decision after figuring out how to use a cipher to decode a message into English.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the hands of a lesser actor and director, Laura might have been a frustrating cipher.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
Noun
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What Davies has thus far brought to his second bite of the Who apple has proven … mixed.—
Glen Weldon,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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As stories of love, loss and migration unfold over small bites and careful sips, Bose paints a portrait of identity steeped in sensory memory.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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From a headline view, the 139,000 gain in nonfarm payrolls provided a nice bit of relief for a market on edge over the direction of the economy and the impact that President Donald Trump’s tariffs might bring.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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From its cute-fake soundstage-town setting to the authoritative yet chummy voice-over narration (courtesy of Nick Offerman), The Life of Chuck works doggedly to give you the warm fuzzies—and a little bit of that fuzz goes a long way.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
Noun
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There are solid green and variegated cultivars that are drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and seldom bothered by insect pests.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 June 2025
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These tail feathers trail elegantly behind as the bird weaves through the forest in pursuit of flying insects.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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From partying in a Nova Scotian kitchen to tasting Inuit cuisine while cruising the Northwest Passage, here are six ways to get a true taste of Canada.—
Renée Morrison,
AFAR Media,
5 June 2025
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The variant has similar symptoms to other strains, including fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, congestion or a runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, nausea or vomiting.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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After drying, Messinger meticulously cleans the artifacts with delicate animal-hair brushes and painstakingly removes rust, fleck by fleck, with a dental pick.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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The blue is speckled with some white flecks, which reminds me of blue enamelware pots and pans for a down-home aesthetic.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Morsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morsel. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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