parcelled

Divided into portions

Parcelled is the past tense of parcel, meaning divided into portions or wrapped as a package.

Land gets parcelled into lots for sale.

Responsibilities are parcelled out among team members.

In British English, parcelled also means wrapped for mailing: She parcelled up the birthday gifts.

American English typically spells it parceled.

divided

apportioned

Divided and distributed proportionally

subdivided · partitioned · sectioned · portioned · rationed · segmented · split · carved · meted · dispensed

wrapped

package

Wrapped item for delivery

  • wrapEnclose by winding around
  • boxLidded storage container
  • containerThing for storing items

seal · cardboard · crate · envelope · padded · tape · label · bubble-wrap · corrugated · protective

land

plot

Storyline or land parcel

acreage · estate · surveyed · boundary · zoning · deeded · titled · cadastral · demarcated · allotment

delivery

courier

Delivery person or service

dispatch · postal · mail · express · overnight · tracking · carrier · fulfillment · manifest · waybill

Opposites
division/wholeness

parcelledwhole

Full and undivided

undivided · intact · unified · consolidated · unpartitioned

distribution/retention

parcelledretained

Continued to hold

kept · withheld · hoarded · gathered · accumulated

Family

parcelling

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