Meaning & use
Morceau
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A short piece of music, literature, or other artistic work.
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The pianist closed the recital with a light morceau by Debussy.
The anthology collects short morceaux of prose from lesser-known nineteenth-century writers.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from French, where 'morceau' simply means 'piece' or 'bit,' the word is used in English mainly in musical and literary contexts.
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