1. A wrapped container
   - package 
2. The allotment of some amount by dividing something
   - portion, share 
3. An extended area of land
   - tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land 
4. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together
   - package, bundle, packet

1. Divide into parts
   "The developers parceled the land" 
2. Cover with strips of canvas
   "parcel rope" 
3. Make into a wrapped container

Derived forms: parcels, parcelling, parcelled, parceled

See also: parcellation, parcelling

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assemblage, assignation, carve up, collection, container, cover, dissever, divide, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, parceling [US], parcelling, separate, split, split up, wrap, wrap up

Encyclopedia: Parcel

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