parcel: meaning and definitions

Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.

A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.

A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.

A group or company; a pack: "this youthful parcel of noble bachelors” ( Shakespeare).

To divide into parts and distribute: parceled out the land to their three children.

To make into a parcel; package.

Nautical To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).