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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-suh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr səl



Definition of parcel

Origin :
  • late 14c., "a portion of something, a part" (sense preserved in phrase parcel of land, c.1400), from Old French parcele "small piece, particle, parcel," from Vulgar Latin *particella, diminutive of Latin particula "small part, little bit," itself a diminutive of pars (genitive partis) "part" (see part (n.)).
  • Meaning "package" is first recorded 1640s, earlier "a quantity of goods in a package" (mid-15c.), from late 14c. sense of "an amount or quantity of anything." The expression part and parcel (early 15c.) also preserves the older sense; both words mean the same, the multiplicity is for emphasis.
  • noun container prepared to be sent
  • noun group, bunch
  • noun piece of land
  • noun part, piece
Example sentences :
  • Lizzie could not control her laughter when he said "parcel."
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • I have luckily deposited my parcel, and have your letter of last night.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • When the parcel comes to your hands, as I hope it safely will, you will be pleased to open it.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • If Robert take this without the parcel, pray let him return immediately for it.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I ought yesterday to have acknowledged the receipt of your parcel.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • It was lucky; for I doubt not they had numbered how many were in the parcel.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • It was enclosed in a pasteboard box, and, when packed, looked just like the parcel of pills.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Never did I hear of such a parcel of foolish toads as these Harlowes!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • She took down the parcel from the shelf and undid the string.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • The law was being lived about him by all live things, and he himself was part and parcel of the law.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

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