morsel

Other forms of morsel

plural

morsels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about morsel

What does morsel mean?

morsel means "a small quantity of anything". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in morsel?

morsel has 2 syllables: mor-sel. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /ˈmɔɹsəl/.

What is another word for morsel?

Close synonyms include bit, bite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is morsel a common word?

morsel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.