parcel

Boxed item mailed

A parcel is a package wrapped for mailing or delivery: The parcel arrived damaged.

The word extends to portions of land: a forty-acre parcel.

To parcel something out is to divide and distribute it: They parceled out the inheritance among the heirs.

The phrase part and parcel means an essential component: Long hours are part and parcel of the job.

bundle

twine

Stranded cord for tying

  • ropeThick twisted fibers
  • clothWoven or knit material
  • fabricWoven or knit material

wrapped · tied · bundle · package · paper · string · binding · roll · sheaf · stack

shipping

postage

Fee for mailing

mailbox · delivery · address · postal · letter · postman · postcard · postmark · carrier · express

package

box

Lidded storage container

  • wrappingOuter covering material
  • tapeAdhesive strip on roll
  • labelIdentifying attachment or marker

contents · fragile · brown paper · string · unwrap · seal · cardboard · padding · bubble wrap · packing

land

plot

Storyline or land parcel

property · boundary · survey · deed · title · zoning · subdivision · real estate · allotment · holding

logistics

cargo

Transported goods

transportation · tracking · export · import · customs · manifest · container · haulage · warehousing · shipping

divide

partition

Barrier separating spaces

distribute · section · lot · split · carve · allot · divvy · share · dole · mete

Categories
Opposites
WHOLENESS (parcel as portion/part)

parcelwhole

Full and undivided

totality · entirety · all · everything · aggregate

AGGREGATION (parcel as wrapped package)

parcelunwrap

Remove outer covering

scatter · unbundle · dispersion · disperse · separate

LAND DIVISION (parcel as plot of land)

parcelestate

Property and grounds

tract · territory · expanse · acreage

Phrases
Family

parcels, parceling, parceled, parcel out, parcelled, parcel post, parcelling

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G