parcel

parcel
01. The back of the car was full of Christmas [parcels].
02. Do you have a piece of string I could use to tie up this [parcel]?
03. The mail truck was full of [parcels] for the Christmas season.
04. Can you mail this [parcel] for me when you go downtown?
05. There is a [parcel] for you waiting to be picked up at the post office.
06. There is a [parcel] here for you from your grandmother. It came in the mail this morning.
07. Local schools are putting together [parcels] of food to deliver to the homeless.
08. The soldiers all received [parcels] containing food, letters from family, and medical supplies.
09. Dave bought a small [parcel] of land in the interior, and hopes to start up a little hobby farm.
10. Police are investigating a suspicious-looking [parcel] which was left in a local department store.
11. Developers are hoping to build a condominium complex on a valuable [parcel] of waterfront land, while local environmentalists want to preserve the area as a park.
12. The man who designed the White House in Washington, D.C. received $500 and a [parcel] of land in the city as payment for his work.
13. An old proverb notes that the best things come in small [parcels].
14. Beatrice Potter, author of the Peter Rabbit stories, invested the earnings from her books in [parcels] of land in the Lake District in order to ensure the continued preservation of the area.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Parcel — Par cel, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See {Part}, n., and cf. {Particle}.] 1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Archaic] A parcel of her woe. Chaucer. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Parcel — Par cel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parceled}or {Parcelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parceling} or {Parcelling}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into. Their woes are parceled, mine are general. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parcel up — ˌparcel ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they parcel up he/she/it parcels up present participle parcelling up past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • parcel — par·cel / pär səl/ n: a tract or plot of land Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. parcel I …   Law dictionary

  • Parcel — Par cel, a. & adv. Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.] [1913 Webster] The worthy dame was parcel blind. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] One that . . . was parcel bearded [partially bearded]. Tennyson …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parcel — [n1] container prepared to be sent bindle, bundle, carton, load, pack, package, packet; concept 494 parcel [n2] group, bunch array, band, batch, body, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, company, crew, crowd, gang, lot, pack; concept 432… …   New thesaurus

  • parcel — [pär′səl] n. [ME < MFr parcelle < LL * particella, for L particula: see PARTICLE] 1. a small, wrapped bundle; package 2. a quantity or unit of some commodity put up for sale 3. a group or collection; pack; bunch [a parcel of fools] 4. a… …   English World dictionary

  • Parcel — may refer to: * Lot (real estate), a piece of land * Air parcel, a concept in atmospheric thermodynamics * A package, sent through the mail * An object used in the game Pass the parcel …   Wikipedia

  • parcel — ► NOUN 1) an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post. 2) a quantity or amount of something, in particular land. ► VERB (parcelled, parcelling; US parceled, parceling) 1) make (something) into a par …   English terms dictionary

  • parcel# — parcel n 1 *part, portion, piece, detail, member, division, section, segment, sector, fraction, fragment 2 *bundle, bunch, pack, package, packet, bale 3 *group, cluster, bunch, lot Analogous words: collection, assemblage (see under GATHER): * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • parcel — Mail that does not meet the mail processing category of letter size mail or flat size mail. It is usually enclosed in a mailing container such as a carton. (Also see irregular parceland machinable parcel.) …   Glossary of postal terms

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