parcel

Plural: parcels

Noun

• a wrapped container
• the allotment of some amount by dividing something
• an extended area of land
• a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
• A package wrapped for shipment.
• An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
• An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
• A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
• A group of birds.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: parceled, parceling, parcels, parcelled, parcelling

• To divide into parts or shares; to distribute.
• divide into parts
  • "The developers parceled the land"
• cover with strips of canvas
  • "parcel rope"
• make into a wrapped container
• To wrap something up into the form of a package.
• To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
• To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with off, out or into.
• To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

Adv

• Part or half; in part; partially.

Examples

• A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
• He had to parcel out his valuable tiles carefully to maximize his Scrabble score.
• I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
• I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
• Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.

Synonyms

bundle, package, packet, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, portion, share, tract, plot

Related Words

allotment, lot, part, particle, particular, particulate

Anagrams of parcel