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1. A box or collection of items wrapped for shipment
   - package
    
2. The allotment of some amount by dividing something
   "death gets more than its parcel of attention from theologians";
   - 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, parceled, parcelled, 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