What (who) is parcel - definition
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Parcellation; Parcel (disambiguation)
Parcel
·vt To add a parcel or item to; to Itemize.
II. Parcel ·noun A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
III. Parcel ·vt To divide and distribute by parts or portions;
- often with out or into.
IV. Parcel ·noun A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
V. Parcel ·noun An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
VI. Parcel ·noun A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
VII. Parcel ·vt To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, ·etc.
VIII. Parcel ·adj & ·adv Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.].
parcel
I. n.
1.
Bundle, package, packet, budget.
2.
Set, lot, batch, collection, group.
3.
(Law.) Piece, part, portion, tract, plot, patch.
II. v. a.
Divide, distribute, apportion, deal out, allot.
III. a.
Part, half, in part.
parcel
(parcels)
1.
A parcel is something wrapped in paper, usually so that it can be sent to someone by post. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use package
)
)
...parcels of food and clothing...
He had a large brown paper parcel under his left arm.
N-COUNT
2.
A parcel of land is a piece of land.
These small parcels of land were purchased for the most part by local people.
N-COUNT: N of n
3.
If you say that something is part and parcel of something else, you are emphasizing that it is involved or included in it.
Payment was part and parcel of carrying on insurance business within the UK...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, usu PHR of n [emphasis]
Wikipedia
Parcel
Parcel may refer to:
- Parcels (band), an Australian modern soul band
- Parcel (consignment), an individual consignment of cargo for shipment
- Parcel (film), 2019 Bengali film
- Parcel (package), sent through the mail or package delivery
- Fluid parcel, a concept in fluid dynamics
- Land lot, a piece of land
- Placer (geography), parcel in Portuguese, a type of submerged bank or reef
- an object used in the game Pass the parcel
Pronunciation examples for parcel
1. when the parcel arrived.
The New Science of De-extinction _ Helen Pilcher _ Talks at Google
2. and parcel of that.
Man vs Markets - Economics Explained (Plain and Simple) _ Paddy Hirsch _ Talks at Google
3. had known at Parcel 104.
Carolyn Jung _ East Bay Cooks _ Talks at Google
4. in a neat little parcel.
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5. parcel that everyone will immediately
Tasting Rome - Fresh Flavors & Recipes From an Ancient City _ Katie Parla _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of parcel
1. My mum received the parcel but my daughter‘s present was missing and my parents noticed that the parcel had been opened.
2. Zelinske had insured the parcel of gold for $1,000.
3. They ‘posted‘ him across the country like a human parcel.
4. "The lifestyle is part and parcel of being a musician.
5. A 15,000–square–foot parcel in Mirdiff fetched Dh2.8 million.