parcel

  • (noun): A package wrapped for shipment.
  • (noun): An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
  • (noun): A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
  • (noun): A group of birds.
  • (noun): An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
  • (noun): A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
  • (noun): A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
  • (verb): To wrap something up into the form of a package.
  • (verb): To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
  • (verb): To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
  • (verb): To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
  • (adverb): Part or half; in part; partially.
  • I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
  • I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
  • A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.