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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Morsel \Mor"sel\, noun [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}, noun]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
morsel
noun
1: a small quantity of anything; "a morsel of paper was all he needed"
2: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: {bit}, {bite}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "morsel": ambrosia, atom, bait, bit, bite, bolus, bonne bouche, butt, cate, champ, chaw, chew, chip, choice morsel, chomp, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, crumb, cud, cut, cutting, dainty, delicacy, dessert, dollop, drop, end, fraction, fragment, gnash, gob, gobbet, goody, grain, granule, hunk, kickshaw, lump, manna, modicum, moiety, morceau, mouthful, munch, nectar, nibble, nip, paring, particle, patch, piece, pinch, quid, rasher, remnant, sample, savory, scoop, scrap, shard, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, smidgin, smithereen, snack, snap, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, soupcon, speck, splinter, spoonful, stitch, stump, swallow, tag, taste, tatter, tidbit, titbit, treat, whit
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