Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: morsel
IPA transcription: [m'ɔɹsəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: morsel
    Meaning: a small quantity of anything; "a morsel of paper was all he needed"
  • Synonyms: morsel, bit, bite
    Meaning: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
Usage examples
  • The daintiest of every morsel he found was carried to her.
  • He'll not let a poor creature eat a morsel of bread on the grass his grass!"
  • The gipsy set one shoulder forward, and Sabrina put the shawl gently aside, peering at the dusky brown morsel within.
  • His mate was pleased to take it; and he carried her one morsel after another until she refused to open her beak for more.
  • Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit.
  • Mrs. Fry said, after she had devoured nearly half a loaf of cake, that she would really try to eat a morsel more, which Ernest remarked, dryly, was a great triumph of mind over matter.
  • As she kissed him the tears fell fast on his face, while she said, "Johnny, my dear, I have not a penny in the world. There is not a morsel of bread in the house, and I cannot give you any tonight."
  • Grief for some time banished the thoughts of food from his mind; but in the morning nature began to grow uneasy for want of her usual nourishment: for he had not eat a morsel during the last forty hours.
  • Then the king said to Malagigi, "Give me a morsel from your cup, that I may be cleared of my sins." Malagigi answered, "Illustrious lord, I dare not do it, unless you will forgive all who have at any time offended you.
  • For a long time it has patiently followed the battle through its feelers, and hoped that some morsel would fall to its hungry stomach; now, with gratitude to Providence, it closes its great claw upon the warm-blooded fisher.