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parcel
[ pahr-suhl ]
noun
- an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- a quantity or unit of something, as of a commodity for sale; lot.
- a group, collection, or assemblage of persons or things.
Synonyms: ,
- a distinct, continuous portion or tract of land.
- a part, portion, or fragment.
verb (used with object)
- to divide into or distribute in parcels or portions (usually followed by out ).
Synonyms: , , ,
- to make into a parcel or wrap as a parcel.
- Nautical. to cover or wrap (a rope) with strips of canvas.
adverb
- Archaic. in part; partially.
parcel
/ ˈɑːə /
noun
- something wrapped up; package
- a group of people or things having some common characteristic
- a quantity of some commodity offered for sale; lot
- a distinct portion of land
- an essential part of something (esp in the phrase part and parcel )
verb
- often foll by up to make a parcel of; wrap up
- often foll by out to divide (up) into portions
- nautical to bind strips of canvas around (a rope)
adverb
- an archaic word for partly
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·貹· especially British, ܲ·貹· adjective
- ܲ·貹··Բ especially British, ܲ·貹··Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of parcel1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with parcel , also see part and parcel .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
This obligation currently means it has to deliver letters six days per week, Monday to Saturday, and parcels Monday to Friday.
But a new deal requiring parcels from Thailand to be checked before they are shipped meant just three months later the figure had dropped to 1.5 tonnes.
Food parcels distributed to families containing two weeks' rations were also exhausted.
"We're holding all parcels in store until further notice, so there's no risk of it being sent back," it said.
With more than 100 parcels a day being cleared, the job is almost halfway done, with June a likely date for completion, officials say.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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