"parcel" meaning in English

See parcel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑrsəl/, [ˈpʰaː.səɫ] [Australia], [ˈpʰɑː.səɫ] [UK], [ˈpʰɑr.səɫ] [US] Audio: en-us-parcel.ogg [US] Forms: parcel [singular], parcels [plural]
enPR: pärʹ-səl Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A package; a box wrapped in paper; a thing bigger than a letter that is sent in the mail.
    Sense id: simple-parcel-en-noun-M~l~IIqX
  2. A parcel of land is a piece of land that was part of a larger piece.
    Sense id: simple-parcel-en-noun-IicR8xhN

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɑrsəl/, [ˈpʰaː.səɫ] [Australia], [ˈpʰɑː.səɫ] [UK], [ˈpʰɑr.səɫ] [US] Audio: en-us-parcel.ogg [US] Forms: parcelled [past], parcelled [past, participle], parcelling [present, participle], parcel [canonical], parcels [third-person, singular], parceled [past], parceled [past, participle], parceling [present, participle]
enPR: pärʹ-səl Head templates: {{verb|parcel|l}} [POS TABLE], {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you parcel something out, you divide it into small parts to give to different people.
    Sense id: simple-parcel-en-verb-4OfsIRSy
  2. If you parcel something off, you divide it into small parts to be sold to different people.
    Sense id: simple-parcel-en-verb-6wz~aGbE
  3. If you parcel something up, you make it into a parcel by wrapping it up.
    Sense id: simple-parcel-en-verb-1mjM5R5c
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈpʰɑː.səɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈpʰɑr.səɫ]",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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