Parcel

/[ˈpʰɑː.səɫ]/ adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Part or half; in part; partially. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    A package wrapped for shipment.

    "I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep."

  2. 2
    the allotment of some amount by dividing something wordnet
  3. 3
    An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
  4. 4
    a wrapped container wordnet
  5. 5
    An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
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  1. 6
    a collection of things wrapped or boxed together wordnet
  2. 7
    A division of land bought and sold as a unit.

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

  3. 8
    an extended area of land wordnet
  4. 9
    A group of birds. obsolete
  5. 10
    An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.

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

  6. 11
    A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
  7. 12
    A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To wrap something up into the form of a package.
  2. 2
    make into a wrapped container wordnet
  3. 3
    To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.

    "Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."

  4. 4
    cover with strips of canvas wordnet
  5. 5
    To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with off, out or into.

    "Their woes are parcell’d, mine are general."

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  1. 6
    divide into parts wordnet
  2. 7
    To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

    "[…] that mine own servant should / Parcel the sum of my disgraces by / Addition of his envy!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of partem (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.

Etymology 2

From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of partem (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.

Etymology 3

From Middle English parcel, from Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of partem (“part, piece”). Doublet of particle.

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