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Parcel

Parcel Meaning & Definition
Parcel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parcel?

[n] the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"
[n] a wrapped container
[n] a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
[n] an extended area of land
[v] divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
[v] make into a parcel
[v] cover with canvas, as of rope

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parcel: bundle | package | package | packet | parcel of land | piece of ground | piece of land | portion | share | tract

Related Terms | Find terms related to Parcel: a certain number | a few | a number | acres | adjunct | allocate | allot | amount | apportion | array | assign | bag | bale | barrel | basket | batch | bind up | bindle | body | bolt | bottle | bouquet | box | box up | budget | bunch | bundle | bundle up | can | capsule | carton | carve | carve up | case | cask | chattels real | chunk | clot | clump | cluster | clutch | collection | component | container | contingent | count | crate | cross section | cut | cut up | deal | deal out | deck | decrease | demesne | detachment | detail | disburse | disperse | distribute | district | divide | divide into shares | divide up | divide with | division | divvy | divvy up | do up | dole | dole out | domain | dose | encase | encyst | fagot | fardel | fasces | fascine | fix | fraction | gob | grounds | group | hamper | hand out | heap | honor | hunk | increase | installment | item | jar | land | landed property | lands | large amount | lot | lots | manor | measure | member | mess | messuage | mete out | moiety | nosegay | number | one or two | pack | package | packet | parcel out | part | particular | partition | passel | percentage | piece | plat | plot | portion | posy | pot | praedium | property | prorate | quadrant | quadrat | quantify | quantity | quantize | quarter | quiver | quota | random sample | rate | ration | real estate | real property | realty | reduce | remainder | roll | roll up | rouleau | sack | sample | sampling | section | sector | segment | set | several | share | share out | share with | sheaf | shift | slice | slice the pie | slice up | small amount | split | split up | subdivide | subdivision | subgroup | subspecies | sum | tank | tenements | tie up | tin | toft | tract | truss | truss up | two or three | umpteen | wrap | wrap up | zone

See Also | accumulation | aggregation | allocation | allotment | apportioning | apportionment | assemblage | assignation | athletic field | baseball diamond | battlefield | battleground | breeding ground | bundle | carve up | center | centerfield | clearing | collection | common | commons | container | cover | diamond | dissever | divide | fairground | fairway | field | field of battle | geographic area | geographic region | geographical area | geographical region | glade | grassland | green | grounds | industrial park | infield | land site | left | leftfield | lot | midway | mine field | minefield | mud flat | oasis | outfield | pack | packet | parade ground | parceling | parcelling | park | parkland | patch | picnic area | picnic ground | playing area | playing field | plot | plot of ground | public square | railway yard | range | right | rightfield | sector | separate | sheaf | short | site | split | split up | square | subdivision | terrain | toll plaza | wisp | wrap | wrap up | yard

Parcel In Webster's Dictionary

\Par"cel\, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See {Part}, n., and cf. {Particle}.] 1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Archaic] ``A parcel of her woe.'' --Chaucer. Two parcels of the white of an egg. --Arbuthnot. The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government. --J. A. Symonds. 2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece. 3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group. This youthful parcel Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing. --Shak. 4. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet. 'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. --Cowper. {Bill of parcels}. See under 6th {Bill}. {Parcel office}, an office where parcels are received for keeping or forwarding and delivery. {Parcel post}, that department of the post office concerned with the collection and transmission of parcels. {Part and parcel}. See under {Part}.
\Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {Parcelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parceling} or {Parcelling}.] 1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into. ``Their woes are parceled, mine are general.'' --Shak. These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. --Dryden. The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson. 2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.] That mine own servant should Parcel the sum of my disgraces by Addition of his envy. --Shak. 3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc. {To parcel a rope} (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. --Totten. {To parcel a seam} (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas.
\Par"cel\, a. & adv. Part or half; in part; partially. --Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.] The worthy dame was parcel-blind. --Sir W. Scott. One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded]. --Tennyson. {Parcel poet}, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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