English-Thai Dictionary

morsel

N คำ หนึ่ง (อาหาร  ชิ้น เล็ก (อาหาร  bite chunk piece kam-nuang

 

morsel

N จำนวน เล็กน้อย  เศษเล็กเศษน้อย  bit lot mass jam-nuan-lek-noi

 

morsel

VT แบ่ง ออก เป็น ชิ้น เล็กๆ  bang-ook-penchin-lek-lek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORSEL

n.[from L. morsus, a bite, form mordeo.] 1. A bite; a mouthful; a small piece of food.
Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion.
2. A piece; a meal; something to be eaten.
On these herbs and fruits and flowers
Feed first, on each beast next and fish and fowl,
No homely morsels.
3. A small quantity of something not eatable. [Improper. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MORSEL

Mor "sel, n. Etym: [OF. morsel, F. morceau, LL. morsellus, a dim. fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite; prob. akin to E. smart. See Smart, and cf. Morceau, Mordant, Muse, v., Muzzle, n.]

 

1. A little bite or bit of food. Chaucer. Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. South.

 

2. A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

morsel

mor sel |ˈmôrsəl ˈmɔrsəl | ▶noun a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful: Julie pushed a last morsel of toast into her mouth | figurative : real estate agents think the mansion will be a very tasty morsel for an international company. • a small piece or amount: reporters do their best to ferret out every morsel of information. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of mors ‘a bite, ’ from Latin mors- ‘bitten, ’ from the verb mordere.

 

Oxford Dictionary

morsel

mor ¦sel |ˈmɔːs (ə )l | ▶noun a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful: Juliet pushed a morsel of toast into her mouth. • a small piece or amount: there was a morsel of consolation for the British team. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of mors ‘a bite ’, from Latin mors- ‘bitten ’, from the verb mordere.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

morsel

morsel noun we sampled morsels of their splendid desserts: mouthful, bite, nibble, bit, soupçon, taste, spoonful, forkful, sliver, drop, dollop, spot, gobbet, tidbit.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

morsel

morsel noun mouthful, bite, nibble, bit, small piece, soupçon, taste, sample, spoonful, forkful, crumb, grain, particle, fragment, fraction, scrap, sliver, shred, pinch, drop, dollop, whit, atom, granule, segment, spot, modicum, gobbet; titbit, bonne bouche; informal smidgen, smidge; Austral. /NZ informal skerrick.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

morsel

mor sel /mɔ́ː r s (ə )l /名詞 C 1 (食物の )ひとかじり, ひと口 .2 〖a ～; 通例否定 疑問 条件文で 〗少量, ひとかけら .3 ごちそう .