n. 1 package, packet, carton, box, container, case We are sending food parcels to the needy 2 portion, plot, plat, lot, piece, section, tract We have bought a small parcel of land and plan to build on it next year 3 lot, group, batch, collection, pack, bundle, set She gathered a parcel of drawings and published them as a travel sketchbook
v. 4 Often, parcel out. apportion, allot, deal (out), dole (out), mete (out), hand out, distribute, share (out), divide, Colloq divvy (up) Before he died he parcelled out his fortune amongst his grandchildren