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 Definitions of Parcel  [ˈpɑr səl]  

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Definition of 'Parcel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) parcel
an object or objects wrapped or packed up to form a small bundle; package.

2.  parcel
a quantity or unit of something, as of a commodity for sale; lot.

3.  parcel
a group or assemblage of persons or things.

4.  parcel
a distinct, continuous tract of land.

5.  parcel
a part, portion, or fragment.

6. (v.t.) parcel
to divide into or distribute in portions (usu. fol. by out).

7.  parcel
to make into or wrap as a parcel.

8.  parcel
to cover or wrap (a rope) with strips of canvas.

9. (adv.) parcel
Archaic. in part; partially.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME < MF parcelle < VL *particella, for L particula; see particle)

Definition of 'Parcel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) package, parcel
a wrapped container

2. (noun) parcel, portion, share
the allotment of some amount by dividing something
"death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

3. (noun) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
an extended area of land

4. (verb) package, bundle, packet, parcel
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

5. (verb) parcel
divide into parts
"The developers parceled the land"

6. (verb) parcel
cover with strips of canvas
"parcel rope"

7. (verb) parcel
make into a wrapped container


Definition of 'Parcel' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) parcel
package


Definition of 'Parcel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Parcel
a portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part

2. (noun) Parcel
a part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece

3. (noun) Parcel
an indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group

4. (noun) Parcel
a number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet

5.  Parcel
part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]

6. (verb) Parcel
to divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into

7. (verb) Parcel
to add a parcel or item to; to itemize

8. (verb) Parcel
to make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc


Translation of 'Parcel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: thing(s) wrapped and tied, usually to be sent by post
I got a parcel in the post today.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pakkie Arabic flag Arabic: طَرْد، رُزمَة بَريدِيّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: колет
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pacote Czech flag Czech: balíček German flag German: das Päckchen
Danish flag Danish: pakke Greek flag Greek: δέμα Spanish flag Spanish: paquete
Estonian flag Estonian: pakk Farsi flag Farsi: بسته Finnish flag Finnish: paketti
French flag French: colis Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲבִילָה Hindi flag Hindi: पार्सल
Croatian flag Croatian: paket, zamot Hungarian flag Hungarian: csomag Indonesian flag Indonesian: bungkusan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: pakki Italian flag Italian: pacco Japanese flag Japanese: 小包み
Korean flag Korean: 소포 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paketas, siuntinys Latvian flag Latvian: paka; sūtījums
Malay flag Malay: bungkusan Dutch flag Dutch: pakje Norwegian flag Norwegian: pakke
Polish flag Polish: paczka Persian flag Persian: بسته Pashto flag Pashto: پارسل، پنډ كې، بخڅه، برخه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pacote Romanian flag Romanian: colet Russian flag Russian: пакет, посылка
Slovak flag Slovak: balík, balíček Slovenian flag Slovenian: paket Serbian flag Serbian: pošiljka
Swedish flag Swedish: paket Thai flag Thai: พัสดุ Turkish flag Turkish: paket, koli
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 小包,包裹 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пакунок; посилка Urdu flag Urdu: پارسل، بقچہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bưu kiện Chinese flag Chinese: 小包,包裹

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