parcel
[noun]
Synonyms:
- package, bundle, pack
[verb]
Synonyms:
- often with up: wrap, do up, pack, package, tie up

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Related Words: allocate, allot, assign, deal, disburse, disperse, dole (out), lot (out)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. par‧cel¹ S3 /ˈpɑːsəl $ ˈpɑːr-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin particula; ⇒ particle]

1. especially British English an object that has been wrapped in paper or put in a special envelope, especially so that it can be sent by post Synonym : package:
The parcel was delivered last week.
He sends regular food parcels to his family in Libya.
parcel of
a parcel of clothes and blankets

2. an area of land that is part of a larger area which has been divided up
parcel of
a parcel of farmland

3. British English a small quantity of food that has been wrapped up, usually in pastry
⇒ be part and parcel of something at part¹(28)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. parcel² verb (past tense and past participle parcelled, present participle parcelling British English, parceled, parceling American English)
parcel something ↔ off phrasal verb American English
to divide something into small parts so that it can be sold:
The new owner has parceled off many of the company’s assets.
parcel something ↔ out phrasal verb
to divide or share something among several people:
They didn’t want the federal government parceling out food supplies.
parcel something ↔ up phrasal verb British English

1. to make something into a parcel by wrapping it up:
She parcelled up the photos.

2. to divide something into small parts, especially so that it is easier to deal with:
University education is often parcelled up into specialist teaching units.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

parcel
noun
ADJ. bulky | neat | brown-paper | gift-wrapped, tissue-wrapped, etc. | clothing, food
VERB + PARCEL post, send | get, receive | make sth (up) into, pack (up), wrap, wrap sth (up) in The waiter had our left-over food made up into a parcel to take home.
open, unpack, unwrap
PARCEL + NOUN bomb
PREP. in a/the ~ | ~ from, ~ to
PHRASES laden/loaded with parcels He came in laden with parcels for the children.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

parcel
ˈpɑ:sl
See: part and parcel

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲