parcel
noun
[ ˈpɑːs(ə)l ]
• an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post.
• "the lorry was carrying a large number of Royal Mail parcels"
• a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction.
• "a parcel of shares"
Similar:
group,
band,
pack,
gang,
crowd,
mob,
company,
collection,
horde,
party,
troop,
crew,
bunch,
parcel
verb
• make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it.
• "he parcelled up the goods and sent them back"
Similar:
pack,
pack up,
package,
wrap,
wrap up,
gift-wrap,
tie up,
do up,
box,
box up,
bundle up,
fasten together,
• wrap (rope) with strips of tarred canvas, before binding it with yarn as part of a traditional technique to reduce chafing.
Origin:
late Middle English (chiefly in the sense ‘small portion’): from Old French parcelle, from Latin particula ‘small part’.
