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Definition parcel

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Vulgar Latin *particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.

Noun

parcel (plural parcels)

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

Verb

parcel (third-person singular simple present parcels, present participle parceling or parcelling, simple past and past participle parceled or parcelled)

1. To wrap something up into the form of a package.
2. To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
3. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
4. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

Adverb

parcel (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.

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