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Meaning of parcel

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  parcel
      n 1: a wrapped container [syn: {package}, {parcel}]
      2: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death
         gets more than its share of attention from theologians" [syn:
         {parcel}, {portion}, {share}]
      3: an extended area of land [syn: {tract}, {piece of land},
         {piece of ground}, {parcel of land}, {parcel}]
      4: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn:
         {package}, {bundle}, {packet}, {parcel}]
      v 1: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
      2: cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
      3: make into a wrapped container

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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