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The definition of a parcel is a package, or a piece of land.
(noun)- An example of a parcel is what the Fedex delivery person brings to a home.
- An example of a parcel is an acre of land.
Parcel is defined as to package or divide up.
(verb)An example of to parcel is to divide up the remaining cookies among the three children.
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See parcel in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a small, wrapped bundle; package
- a quantity or unit of some commodity put up for sale
- a group or collection; pack; bunch: a parcel of fools
- a piece, as of land, usually a specific part of a large acreage or estate
- a portion or part: now only in , an inseparable or essential part
Origin: ME < MFr parcelle < LL *particella, for L particula: see particle
transitive verb parceled or parcelled, parceling or parcelling
- to separate into parts and distribute; apportion: with out
- to make up in or as a parcel
- Naut. to wrap in parceling
adjective, adverb
Archaic part; partly
See parcel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.
- A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.
- A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.
- A group or company; a pack: “this youthful parcel of noble bachelors” (Shakespeare).
- To divide into parts and distribute: parceled out the land to their three children.
- To make into a parcel; package.
- Nautical To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French, portion
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *particella
Origin: , diminutive of Latin particula
Origin: , diminutive of pars, part-, part; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots
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