parcel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links 1.6 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French parcelle (“‘a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle’”) < Mediaeval Latin particella, contr. parcella (“‘a parcel’”), dim. of Latin particula (“‘particle’”), diminutive of pars (“‘part, piece’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)səl

[edit] Noun

parcel (plural parcels)

1. A package wrapped for shipment.

   I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.

2. 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. (obsolete) A group of birds.

[edit] Synonyms

• (package wrapped for shipment): package
• (division of land bought and sold as a unit): plot

[edit] Derived terms

• parcel bomb
• parcel out
• parcel post
• parcel together
• parcel up
• parcellate
• parcellation
• part and parcel
• pass the parcel

[edit] Related terms

• part
• particle
• particular
• particulate

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[edit] See also

• lot
• allotment

[edit] Verb

to parcel (third-person singular simple present parcels, present participle parceling or parcelling, simple past and past participle parceled or parcelled)

1. To wrap up into a parcel
2. To wrap a strip around the end of a rope

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

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[edit] External links

• parcel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• parcel in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acelpr
• carpel
• placer