morceau (n.)

• article
• causerie
• chip
• crumb
• descant
• discourse
• discussion
• disquisition
• dissertation
• essay
• etude
• examination
• excursus
• exposition
• feature
• homily
• lucubration
• memoir
• monograph
• morsel
• nip
• note
• outline
• paper
• paragraph
• patch
• piece
• prolegomenon
• scrap
• screed
• shiver
• shred
• sketch
• sliver
• snick
• snip
• snippet
• splinter
• stitch
• study
• survey
• tag
• tatter
• theme
• thesis
• tract
• treatise
• treatment