 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
parcel
noun
1: a wrapped container [syn: {package}]
2: the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more
than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn: {portion},
{share}]
3: an extended area of land [syn: {tract}, {piece of land}, {piece
of ground}, {parcel of land}]
4: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package},
{bundle}, {packet}]
verb
1: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
2: cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
3: make into a wrapped container
[also: {parcelling}, {parcelled}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parcel \Par"cel\, noun [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed)
LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See {Part}, noun, and cf.
{Particle}.]
1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a
whole; a part. [Archaic] ''A parcel of her woe.''
--Chaucer.
Two parcels of the white of an egg. --Arbuthnot.
The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of
self-government. --J. A.
Symonds.
2. (Law) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of
land is part and parcel of another piece.
3. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
quantity; a collection; a group.
This youthful parcel
Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing. --Shak.
4. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle;
a package; a packet.
'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. --Cowper.
{Bill of parcels}. See under 6th {Bill}.
{Parcel office}, an office where parcels are received for
keeping or forwarding and delivery.
{Parcel post}, that department of the post office concerned
with the collection and transmission of parcels; also, the
transmission through the parcel post deparment; as, to
send a package by parcel post. See {parcel post} in the
vocabulary.
{Part and parcel}. See under {Part}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parcel \Par"cel\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {Parcelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Parceling} or {Parcelling}.]
1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
with out or into. ''Their woes are parceled, mine are
general.'' --Shak.
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
--Dryden.
The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.
2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy. --Shak.
3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's
purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
{To parcel a rope} (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas
tightly arround it. --Totten.
{To parcel a seam} (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of
tarred canvas.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parcel \Par"cel\, adjective & adverb
Part or half; in part; partially. --Shak. [Sometimes hyphened
with the word following.]
The worthy dame was parcel-blind. --Sir W.
Scott.
One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
--Tennyson.
{Parcel poet}, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
183 Moby Thesaurus words for "parcel":
a certain number, a few, a number, acres, adjunct, allocate, allot,
amount, apportion, array, assign, bag, bale, barrel, basket, batch,
bind up, bindle, body, bolt, bottle, bouquet, box, box up, budget,
bunch, bundle, bundle up, can, capsule, carton, carve, carve up,
case, cask, chattels real, chunk, clot, clump, cluster, clutch,
collection, component, container, contingent, count, crate,
cross section, cut, cut up, deal, deal out, deck, decrease,
demesne, detachment, detail, disburse, disperse, distribute,
district, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with,
division, divvy, divvy up, do up, dole, dole out, domain, dose,
encase, encyst, fagot, fardel, fasces, fascine, fix, fraction, gob,
grounds, group, hamper, hand out, heap, honor, hunk, increase,
installment, item, jar, land, landed property, lands, large amount,
lot, lots, manor, measure, member, mess, messuage, mete out,
moiety, nosegay, number, one or two, pack, package, packet,
parcel out, part, particular, partition, passel, percentage, piece,
plat, plot, portion, posy, pot, praedium, property, prorate,
quadrant, quadrat, quantify, quantity, quantize, quarter, quiver,
quota, random sample, rate, ration, real estate, real property,
realty, reduce, remainder, roll, roll up, rouleau, sack, sample,
sampling, section, sector, segment, set, several, share, share out,
share with, sheaf, shift, slice, slice the pie, slice up,
small amount, split, split up, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup,
subspecies, sum, tank, tenements, tie up, tin, toft, tract, truss,
truss up, two or three, umpteen, wrap, wrap up, zone
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