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
This unique spatula—which looks like a platypus—has a thin design and flexible head that reaches into nooks and crannies to remove every last morsel of food.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2025
Major tech companies launching the huge projects across the country are asking land sellers and public officials to sign NDAs to limit discussions about details of the projects in exchange for morsels of information and the potential of economic lifelines for their communities.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Gwyneth Paltrow and Odessa A’zion are exquisite in their supporting roles, devouring every morsel of the Safdie and Ronald Bronstein script.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Finally, here are five more Weird and Wild morsels from Tuesday’s wild-card marathon.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2025
Major tech companies launching the huge projects across the country are asking land sellers and public officials to sign NDAs to limit discussions about details of the projects in exchange for morsels of information and the potential of economic lifelines for their communities.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Gwyneth Paltrow and Odessa A’zion are exquisite in their supporting roles, devouring every morsel of the Safdie and Ronald Bronstein script.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Finally, here are five more Weird and Wild morsels from Tuesday’s wild-card marathon.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morsel
Noun
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Humans aren’t very good at estimating meal components down to the gram, and measuring every mouthful of food requires intense devotion.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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For even more ooey-gooey sweetness, the Apple Crumble Center of the Roll hides a dollop of that same cozy apple crumble in the heart of the cinnamon roll, turning every mouthful into a mini holiday moment.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their long, silvery-blue spiral arms are peppered with bright knots and specks, the telltale signposts of active, messy astrophysics in progress.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Pure black or white floors show every speck of dust.—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The movie, which posits an impending nuclear strike on a major American city, is a flimsy yet high-minded piece of doomsday schlock, largely populated by ciphers in suits and drained of the pulp pleasures that schlock, at its best, can afford.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Such ciphers are easy to crack using techniques such as checking letter frequency and identifying common patterns.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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From comfort food classics to more elevated plates, several bites stood out at a preview event.—
Alexa Stone
January 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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Guests will naturally gravitate towards these pairings, ensuring the perfect bite.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The sensor supports 13-bit output, allowing richer color representation and smoother tonal transitions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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And probably died a little bit more when the Tyler Loop field goal that would have sent him home — maybe for good — was in the air before drifting wide right.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Professional athletes, however, aren’t nobodies.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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More importantly, the narrative explores both sides of the conflict from the POV of grunts and 'nobodies' trying to navigate the post-Civil War state of the galaxy before the fighting stops.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Younger consumers are, as Veblen might put it, performing taste with efficiency.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Bitter taste receptors inside cancer cells have been found to be activated in the presence of anti-cancer drugs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Nov. 2025
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López reportedly found flecks of gold while digging wild onions, sparking an early gold rush.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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Shiny and dark evergreen foliage is held aloft on strong, arching stems mottled with purple flecks.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
21 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Morsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morsel. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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