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How to pronounce parcel in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bundle, package, packet
Type of collection, accumulation, assemblage, aggregation
Has types wisp
Type Words
Synonyms package
Type of container
Has types sheaf, packet, pack, bundle
Type Words
Synonyms portion, share
Type of parcelling, allocation, allotment, assignation, apportionment, apportioning, parceling
Type Words
Synonyms parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
Type of geographical region, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area
Has types clearing, common, commons, range, athletic field, baseball diamond, battlefield, battleground, breeding ground, center, center field, centerfield, playing area, playing field, plot, plot of ground, plot of land, public square, railway yard, railyard, right, right field, rightfield, sector, short, site, square, subdivision, terrain, toll plaza, yard, desert, diamond, fairground, fairway, field, field of battle, field of fire, field of honor, glade, grassland, green, grounds, industrial park, infield, land site, left, left field, leftfield, lot, midway, mine field, minefield, mud flat, oasis, outfield, parade ground, park, parkland, patch, picnic area, picnic ground
Type Words
Type of cover


parcel rope.
Type Words
Type of split up, dissever, split, separate, divide, carve up
Derivation parceling, parcellation, parcelling


The developers parceled the land.
Type Words
Type of wrap, wrap up
Derivation parcellation

Examples of parcel

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How can a parcel of land, of that size get sold for that little amount of money.
From the newsday.com
At eight of those sites, the authority may keep a small parcel for future wells.
From the newsday.com
If you and your neighbors have been eyeing a city-owned parcel, give her a call.
From the thenewstribune.com
I got a parcel from her the same time I got yours, so I have had a good do love.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I hope you have received my parcel alright I am longing to hear that it is safe.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The only untouched parcel is Salem Church itself, today cater-corner from a CVS.
From the post-gazette.com
It's about the young lad who just delivered to me, a parcel whilst I was typing.
From the guardian.co.uk
The parcel includes the building occupied by McClatchy's Miami Herald newspaper.
From the sacbee.com
The second is to encourage a developer to build a mixture of uses on the parcel.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Package: a wrapped container
  • Divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
  • Cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
  • The allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
  • Tract: an extended area of land
  • Package: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
  • A package wrapped for shipment; A division of land bought and sold as a unit; A group of birds; A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry; To wrap something up into the form of a package; To wrap a strip around the end of a rope
  • (Parcelling) This is wrapping narrow strips of tarred canvas round a rope.
  • (Parcels) fugitives to be expected