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par·cel
I. \ˈpärsəl, ˈpȧs-, dial except in sense 3 ˈpas- or ˈpaas-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French parcelle, parcel, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin particella, alteration of Latin particula small part — more at particle
1.
a. : a component part of a whole : division, fragment, portion
< nature in all her parcels and faculties fell apart — G.M.Hopkins >
— often used in the phrase part and parcel
< part and parcel of a larger tract >
b. obsolete : a particular detail : item
< I will die a hundred thousand deaths ere break the smallest parcel of this vow — Shakespeare >
2.
a. : a continuous tract or plot of land in one possession no part of which is separated from the rest by intervening land in other possession
b. : a tract or plot of land whose boundaries are readily ascertainable by natural or artificial monuments or markers
3. : a company, collection, or group of persons, animals, or things : lot, pack — often used as a generalized expression of disapproval
< shooing out a parcel of hens — Ida Treat >
< a small parcel of cows and a few sheep — Elizabeth M. Roberts >
< came to control a whole parcel of maritime companies — E.J.Kahn >
< a parcel of giddy young kids — Mark Twain >
4.
a. : a wrapped bundle of one or more objects : package
< the box was obviously a diamond parcel — Emily Hahn >
< old ladies … rustling their luncheon parcels — Anthony Carson >
< divide science into convenient pedagogic and administrative parcels — Scientific American Reader >
b. : a unit of salable merchandise
5. : parceling 2
Synonyms: see part
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from parcel, n.
archaic : partly
III. transitive verb
(parceled or parcelled ; parceled or parcelled ; parceling or parcelling \-s(ə)liŋ\ ; parcels)
Etymology: parcel (I)
1. : to divide into parts or portions : distribute — often used with out
< small segments of the plantation were parceled out to farmers — W.B.Furlong >
2. : to make up into a parcel : bundle, wrap
< parcel his purchase >
3. : to cover (as a rope or a caulked seam) with strips of canvas
Synonyms: see apportion
IV. adjective
Etymology: parcel (I)
: part-time, partial
V. noun
: a volume of a fluid (as air) considered as a single entity within a greater volume of the same fluid |