parcel

[ˈpɑːrsl]

Definition:
1. Divide into parts.
2. Cover with strips of canvas.
3. Make into a wrapped container.
4. A wrapped container.
5. The result of parcelling out or sharing.
6. An extended area of land.
7. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together.

Use 'parcel' in a sentence:

1. There's a parcel and some letters for you.
2. The cover of the parcel won't tear.
3. 50 five-acre parcels have already been sold.
4. They signed an agreement that parcelled out the Middle East into several spheres of influence.
5. The parcel was postmarked London.
6. He weighed the parcel in his hand ( s).
7. Can I assist you with these parcels?
8. Has the parcel been cleared with the border police yet?
9. Mother sent her a big parcel of clothes and food collect.
10. The woman who became his wife would be acquiring not just a husband but a run-down house and a parcel of financial worries.
11. I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel.
12. I'm thinking of sending a parcel to New York next week.
13. Now, last question, how long will the parcel take to get to New York?
14. Payment was part and parcel of carrying on insurance business within the UK.
15. We need the full name, address and phone number of the person you're sending the parcel to.
16. It's all part and parcel — just a day's work really you know.
17. She took one of the parcels from her father to lighten his load.
18. Please pass this parcel on to Teacher Li.
19. These small parcels of land were purchased for the most part by local people.
20. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted.
21. Parcels arrived by the dozen from America.
22. Since communication between people from different countries has become increasingly frequent, learning about other cultures has become part and parcel of people's life now.
23. I thought there was something funny about the parcel, so I phoned the police.
24. Please hand me that parcel [ those pictures; my cap].
25. She was carrying a parcel of books under her arm.
26. Addressed two copies of air parcel post receipt to the buyers.
27. Please check off these parcels before they are despatched.
28. I'm sending a parcel to you per bearer.
29. A courier delivered the parcel to my office.
30. I need a piece of string to parcel this up.
31. The scales can be used to weigh other items such as parcels.
32. We've received an SOS from the area asking for food parcels.
33. North Star was founded in 2006 by the international post and parcel delivery company TNT, with support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
34. Even the most commonplace activities, such as calling Telstra or picking up a parcel from Australia Post, are followed by texts or emails with surveys asking, "How did we do?"
35. I am going to take the parcel to the post office this afternoon.
36. It is much quicker and handier than sending them by parcel post.
37. She dashed the parcel aside.
38. The other day I took my car to mail a small parcel.
39. These are the parcels full of the effects of dead soldiers.
40. So Sarah bagged up her old woollies and frocks and sent a parcel off to Jane.
41. He had a large parcel under his left arm.
42. In this column, you write down everything in the parcel.
43. Accompanying the letter is a parcel of books.
44. He weighed the parcel in his hand (s).
45. Please send this parcel via airmail.
46. Would you please parcel these apples into three parts?
47. Keeping the accounts is part and parcel of my job.
48. I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.
49. She parcelled up the books to send.
50. Learning about life in a new culture is part and parcel of what newcomers to America face.
51. If the study of law is beginning to establish itself as part and parcel of a general education, its aims and methods should appeal directly to journalism educators.
52. The parcel came in this morning's post.