parcel

par·cel

Use parcel in a sentence

A man delivers a parcel.

noun

The definition of a parcel is a package, or a piece of land.
1. An example of a parcel is what the Fedex delivery person brings to a home.
2. An example of a parcel is an acre of land.

verb

Parcel is defined as to package or divide up.
An example of to parcel is to divide up the remaining cookies among the three children.

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parcel

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 part and parcel, an inseparable or essential part

Origin of parcel

Middle English from Middle French parcelle from Late Latin an unverified form particella, for Classical Latin particula: see particle

transitive verb

-·celed or -·celled, -·cel·ing or -·cel·ling

to separate into parts and distribute; apportion: with out
to make up in or as a parcel
Naut. to wrap in parceling

Archaic part; partly

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parcel

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 )

transitive verb

par·celed, par·cel·ing, par·cels, also par·celled par·cel·ling

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 of parcel

Middle English from Old French portion from Vulgar Latin particella diminutive of Latin particula diminutive of pars part- part ; see perə-² in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural parcels)

A package wrapped for shipment.
I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present parcels, present participle parceling or parcelling, simple past and past participle parceled or parcelled)

To wrap something up into the form of a package.
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

Adverb

(not comparable)

Tennyson
One that [...] was parcel-bearded.

Origin

From Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle"), from Medieval Latin particella, contr. parcella (“a parcel"), dim. of Latin particula (“particle"), diminutive of pars (“part, piece").

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