parcel

Topic: MAIL

Date:	1300-1400
Language:	Old French
Origin:	Latin particula; PARTICLE

parcel
1 noun

par‧cel1 S3 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

[countable]

1 especially British EnglishTCM an object that has been wrapped in paper or put in a special envelope, especially so that it can be sent by post [= package]:

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The parcel was delivered last week.

He sends regular food parcels to his family in Libya.

parcel of

a parcel of clothes and blankets

2 an area of land that is part of a larger area which has been divided up

parcel of

a parcel of farmland

3 British EnglishDF a small quantity of food that has been wrapped up, usually in pastry

➔ be part and parcel of something

at part1 (28)

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