Definition of MORCEAU

morceau

Plural: morceaus, morceaux

Noun

  • A short literary or musical piece.
  • a short literary or musical composition
  • A small bit; a morsel or snippet.

Examples

  • Every well-placed word on the Scrabble board is a small morceau of linguistic art.

Origin / Etymology

From French morceau, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”). Doublet of morsel.

Synonyms

modicum

Scrabble Score: 11

morceau: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
morceau: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
morceau: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

morceau: valid Words With Friends Word