gobbet
/ˈɡɑbɪt/
noun
- A small piece or lump of something, especially food.
- She tore off a gobbet of bread and dipped it in the soup.
- He found a gobbet of cheese stuck to the plate.
- The dog eagerly swallowed a gobbet of meat from the floor.
- A short extract from a text, often used for study or analysis.
- The exam required students to comment on a gobbet from the poem.
- The teacher handed out a gobbet of the historical document for discussion.
- Each student was assigned a gobbet from the novel to analyze.