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Synonyms for parcel
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pahr-suh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr səl |
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Définition 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
- 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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