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US
/ˈpɑɹsəɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːsəl/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːsəl/ ]
VERB
-
cover with strips of canvas
parcel rope - make into a wrapped container
-
divide into parts
The developers parceled the land
NOUN
- a wrapped container
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the allotment of some amount by dividing something
death gets more than its share of attention from theologians - an extended area of land
- a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
How To Use parcel In A Sentence
- One thing he does is get up to a little competitive devilry by unveiling the Google Pack, a parcel of software programs that you can download for free (if you have a Windows PC).
- It will be wormed throughout, and parcelled in the wake of the housing-bolt and frapping lashing, and where there is no swell, in the wake of the muzzle-ring. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
- Seal the cauliflower in its little parcel as if you were baking a fish. Times, Sunday Times
- Starting this month, rival United Parcel Service Inc.'s freight division is raising average noncontractual shipping rates in North America by 6.9%, as the industry copes with rapidly rising fuel costs. FedEx to Raise U.S., Canada Freight Rates 6.8%
- Air parcels at higher heights over the equator are accelerated down the gradient toward the pole by the force of gravity.
- The parcel was in fact a huge piece of puff pasty filled with a rather creamy concoction of mushrooms and chestnuts.
- I had the parcel on the ground, and waited for ages, edging gradually into position, when it arrived.
- Richard uses this training and his experience to suggest how a parcel of land should be managed.
- Shall I tie the parcel or use sticky tape?
- In New York, families of fire-fighters and other victims argue over how vast compensation packages are parcelled out.