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parcel

Dictionary definition · parcel

noun

  1. a wrapped container
  2. the allotment of some amount by dividing something"death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
  3. an extended area of land
  4. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

verb

  1. divide into parts"The developers parceled the land"
  2. cover with strips of canvas"parcel rope"
  3. make into a wrapped container

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).