Meaning of parcel in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A package wrapped for shipment.

  Example: I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.

• An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.

• A division of land bought and sold as a unit.

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

• A group of birds.

• An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.

• A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.

• A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

  Example: A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.

verb

• To wrap something up into the form of a package.

• To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.

• To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.

• To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

adverb

• Part or half; in part; partially.