Parcel

Quick meaning: Parcel is a noun meaning A package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.

Meaning

A package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.

More Meanings

1. An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
2. An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
3. A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
4. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
5. A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
6. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
7. (obsolete) A group of birds.

Example Sentences

I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.

A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.

[…] this youthful parcel / Of noble bachelors stand at my bestowing,

I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.

Word Forms

• parcels
• parceling
• parcelling
• parceled
• parcelled

Synonyms for parcel

Depending on context, synonyms include package, plot, portion, bundle, tract, share.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include package, packet, bundle, tract, share, portion.

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