Word Meaning

parcel definition and meaning

n. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
n. A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
n. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
n. A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
v. t. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.
v. t. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
v. t. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
a. & adv. Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]

Crossword clues for parcel

- A package wrapped in paper for despatch by post
- Mail item
- Pack right into strange place
- Package
- Unhappy settler didn’t start to get correspondence