Parcel
English Meaning
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.
- A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.
- A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.
- A group or company; a pack: "this youthful parcel of noble bachelors” ( Shakespeare).
- To divide into parts and distribute: parceled out the land to their three children.
- To make into a parcel; package.
- Nautical To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).
