parcel
/ˈpɑɹsəl/noun, verb2 syllables
Parcel means: an extended area of land.
Synonyms for parcel9
What does parcel mean?7
noun
1
an extended area of land
2
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
3
the allotment of some amount by dividing something“death gets more than its share of attention from theologians”
4
a wrapped container
verb
1
divide into parts“The developers parceled the land”
2
cover with strips of canvas“parcel rope”
3
make into a wrapped container
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Parcel in a sentence
- For example, you don't need a personal seal to collect a parcel.blay_paul
- Could you get the parcel off this morning, please.Dani6187
- Because of large family sizes, children are inheriting smaller and smaller parcels of land.The_World_Factbook
- Send this parcel to him in care of his company.CK
- He is carrying a parcel under his right arm.xtofu80
- Put a stamp on the parcel and post it.Cainntear
- Let me relieve you of that heavy parcel.unknown
- Are you going to send this by parcel post?CK
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of parcel
as a noun
- plural
- parcels
as a verb
- past tense
- parceled
- present participle
- parceling
- third-person singular
- parcels
- past participle
- parceled