I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a plot/parcel of land (= a piece of land )
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They farmed a small plot of land.
parcel bomb
parcel delivery British English (= a parcel that someone delivers to you )
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I’m expecting a parcel delivery later today.
parcel post
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brown
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A brown paper parcel arrived by special delivery.
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I opened out my brown paper parcel .
large
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When we got back we sent a large parcel of presents out to them.
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For Sentre, the property represented one of the few large parcels available with freeway visibility and relative proximity to Sorrento Mesa.
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He stretched himself before he picked up his large paper parcel along with Tommy's life possessions.
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Father Poole had sent a large parcel containing clothes and shoes to the hospital just before he was released.
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For example, I've received a request from the doctor on Koraloona for a large parcel of drugs.
small
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They were carriers to the Southern Railway although Suttons handled the smaller parcels .
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Typically, the investors forked over $ 10, 000 to $ 30, 000 for small parcels of a few acres.
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They gave away small parcels , and even sanctioned the right to buy and sell property in the 1993 constitution.
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Miss Fergusson thanked him, and offered in return a small parcel of sugar, which was gravely accepted.
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Alida Thorne, soft and nerveless and firmly-bounded as a fruit, expected at least one, possibly two, small parcels .
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From this piece, cut out a small round for the smallest parcel .
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On top of that comes the bolder 1960s fashion for sending small parcels of public money to pioneers and mavericks.
■ NOUN
bomb
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He would leave the packet open so that the desk sergeant saw they were not getting a parcel bomb .
food
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At Christmas toys and food parcels are delivered to the deprived, Christmas concerts organised etc.
paper
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A brown paper parcel arrived by special delivery.
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Every child had a gas mask and a suitcase, or paper parcel .
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I opened out my brown paper parcel .
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He stretched himself before he picked up his large paper parcel along with Tommy's life possessions.
■ VERB
open
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As we set off back to London, Toby opened his parcel .
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Reach into the back, will ye, and open up that parcel of books.
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Carson started to open out the parcel .
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She would have to open those parcels .
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After an hour, open one of the parcels carefully and check.
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Place the pork parcels on a serving dish so that each person can open their own parcel.
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He placed the book carefully to one side and continued to open the other parcels .
send
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Are there not shops or agencies to which you can send off parcels ?
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After the war Sammler had sent money, parcels , to Cieslakiewicz.
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When we got back we sent a large parcel of presents out to them.
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Families able to locate prisoners are allowed to send them parcels .
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Father Poole had sent a large parcel containing clothes and shoes to the hospital just before he was released.
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On top of that comes the bolder 1960s fashion for sending small parcels of public money to pioneers and mavericks.
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Banks do not aggregate customers' payments and send parcels of bank notes abroad on their behalf either!
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In Mavhinje there was hardly any food and it was difficult to send parcels .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be part and parcel of sth
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Occasional unemployment is part and parcel of being an actor.
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After all, these inevitable little skirmishes were part and parcel of their relationship.
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Defiance was part and parcel of his nature.
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Each of them is part and parcel of the turn-of-the-century crisis in the hegemony of the bourgeoisie.
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It is part and parcel of an annual commemoration of the dead bound by traditions ancient and arcane.
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Much of this is part and parcel of the regime's religion of struggle.
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Particularist sentiment was inseparable from aristocratic privilege; local liberties and personal liberties were part and parcel of the same system.
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These differences are part and parcel of the whole move away from jobs.
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This is the circus of empty promises and dry press releases that are part and parcel of meetings like these.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a parcel of farmland
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A Weekly investigation last year showed that similar parcels sold for thousands of dollars less per acre around the same time.
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Every child had a gas mask and a suitcase, or paper parcel .
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He believes this 11-acre parcel will set the tone for the other 100 acres of undeveloped land also in the area.
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He will bear a parcel from the mysterious, lovely, no-place-jacketed Carolina.
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In fact, it is modern technology at work in the world of overnight parcel deliveries.
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Now she understood why Angel had brought a strange parcel with him.
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Or suppose the president owns a great parcel of land.
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That afternoon, Isabel finished packing her parcels, upstairs in the attic.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Am I in bondage, that you think to parcel me off as you see fit?
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He requested her to parcel up most carefully in an oiled cloth his other gun and have it sent to him.
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If you really want to make an impression, decorate a basket or box to parcel them in.
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It would be absurd to parcel out equal sums of research money to everyone.
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Many companies parcel out portions of their profits to stockholders in the form of cash dividend payments.
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Thatcher also used to parcel out jobs to representatives of different interest groups in the party.
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Theorists have found it difficult to wrap and parcel me in a neat compartment.
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They parcel images score through secretive drawing and glaze Conté with hissing fixative.