1 (especially BrE) (AmE usually package) something that is wrapped in paper or put into a thick envelope so that it can be sent by mail, carried easily, or given as a present:
There's a parcel and some letters for you. * She was carrying a parcel of books under her arm. * The prisoners were allowed food parcels.
2 a piece of land:
50 five-acre parcels have already been sold.
IDIOMS see PARTn.
verb (especially BrE) (-ll-, AmE -l-) [VN] ~ sth (up) to wrap sth up and make it into a parcel:
She parcelled up the books to send.
PHRASALVERBS
parcel sth<->out to divide sth into parts or between several people:
The land was parcelled out into small lots. * More than $2 million was parceled out to beneficiaries.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is parcel a noun, verb, or something else?
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