PARCEL
parcel
Noun
- 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.
- 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.
- A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
Verb
- 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 out or into.
- To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
Adverb
- Part or half; in part; partially.
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