as in bite
a small piece or quantity of food
took a small mouthful of the soup to see if she liked it
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Recent Examples of mouthful
The supermodel showed up at the event, held at the Hard Rock New York Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, dressed as mythical Greek monster Medusa, complete with writhing snakes on her headpiece, a mouthful of fangs and a lengthy serpentine tail.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Nov. 2025
Humans aren’t very good at estimating meal components down to the gram, and measuring every mouthful of food requires intense devotion.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Their Cap & Cane Spirits Overproof Rum clocks in at 63% ABV and is created from a mix of Guatemalan molasses, turbinado sugar, and evaporated cane juice that delivers a mouthful of flavor.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouthful
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From comfort food classics to more elevated plates, several bites stood out at a preview event.—
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Guests will naturally gravitate towards these pairings, ensuring the perfect bite.—
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Will folic acid affect the taste of tortillas?—
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Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Garner may have the same taste in books, but their takes on warm winter knitwear couldn’t be more different.—
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Easy snacks and nibbles that are comfortable, elegant and, yes, perfectly matched to a cocktail, martini or otherwise.—
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Pests, particularly moths and silverfish, lay eggs and nibble on the natural fibers of cashmere.—
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“Mouthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouthful. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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