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Meaning of 'parcel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Parcel [ a. & adv.]
- Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]
2 . Parcel [ n.]
- A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
- An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
- A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
3 . Parcel [ v. t.]
- To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.
- To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
- To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.

Meaning of 'parcel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . parcel [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
Example in sentence:
  • death gets more than its share of attention from theologians
2 . parcel [ v]
Meaning (2):
- cover with strips of canvas
Example in sentence:
  • parcel rope
Meaning (3):
- divide into parts
Example in sentence:
  • The developers parceled the land

Nearby Words:

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