Parcel

Noun

 * 1) A package wrapped for shipment.
 * I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
 * 1) A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
 * I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
 * 1)  A group of birds.
 * 2) A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.

Synonyms

 * (package wrapped for shipment): package
 * (division of land bought and sold as a unit): plot

Derived terms

 * parcel bomb
 * parcel out
 * parcel post
 * parcel together
 * parcel up
 * parcellate
 * parcellation
 * part and parcel
 * pass the parcel

Related terms

 * part
 * particle
 * particular
 * particulate

Verb

 * 1) To wrap something up into the form of a package.
 * 2) To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
 * Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.

Adjectives for Parcel
youthful; bulky; untied; mysterious; clumsy; heavy.

Verbs for Parcel
accumulate —s; agglomerate —s; assort —s; deal out—s; deliver—; dispense—s; distribute—s; dole out—s; fumble—; group—s; heap—s; jumble—s; mislay—; mete out—s; rake up—s; share—s; — litter; — scatter; —tumbles.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From parcelle: <  particella:, contr. parcella:, dim. of particula:, diminutive of pars:.

Noun

 * Albanian: pako
 * Basque:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 郵包, 邮包
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Hungarian: csomag
 * Indonesian: parsel
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 包み (つつみ rom tsutsumi)
 * Korean: 소포
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: pacote
 * Russian: посылка
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: parcella


 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 地割 (ちわり rom chiwari)
 * Korean: 구획

Verb

 * Finnish:


 * Italian:

Anagrams

 * carpel
 * placer