morsel
noun
[ ˈmɔːs(ə)l ]
• a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful.
• "Juliet pushed a morsel of toast into her mouth"
Similar:
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,
titbit,
bonne bouche,
gobbet,
smidgen,
smidge,
skerrick,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of mors ‘a bite’, from Latin mors- ‘bitten’, from the verb mordere .