parcel

noun

ˈpär-səl How to pronounce parcel (audio)
Definition of parcelnext
1
as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit her absurd explanation for the collision was a parcel of lies

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2
as in field
a small area of usually open land wandered around the little parcel out back

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3
as in property
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development subdivided the huge farm into smaller parcels for sale

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4
as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a parcel of kids trailing at their heels

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5
as in package
a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items received a mysterious parcel in the mail

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Recent Examples of parcel Homer Township Supervisor Sue Steilen said rezoning the parcel would show the County Board values corporations more than its residents. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026 Just focus only on that LTL segment without having to optimize across parcels worldwide. — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 July 2026 That order states that Reyes would keep ownership of that property and two other parcels on the same block, while Quiroz-Mata would keep three lots on Magnolia Drive on the other side of that block. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2026 The development on the parcel will affect more than just the residents living closest to it, said Shoreview resident Tom Lemke. — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for parcel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parcel
  1. cluster
  2. field
  3. property
  4. group
  5. package
  6. batch
  7. tract
  8. plot
Noun
  • The largest cluster was worked the way foodborne outbreaks have been for decades, by interviewing the sick until a common thread appeared.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • That agentic swarm exploited a flaw in Hugging Face’s data-processing pipeline to gain the ability to run code as a processing worker, eventually escalating to high-level access to the company’s cloud and server clusters.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026
Definition of cluster
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  • Selling the fields wouldn’t change much of the site’s day-to-day operations, Napper said.
    — Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • Charlotte deploys about 10 dedicated litter crews in the field each day.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of field
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  • In a letter obtained by TMZ, Hostin argued her son mistakenly entered the property while jogging after spotting what appeared to be a gravel incline suitable for hill training.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • For now, however, the national and global demand for Miami luxury properties remains high, the UBS report noted, with prices still below New York and Los Angeles.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of property
Noun
  • In the underwater video, an adult female orca is seen holding onto a dead sharp-tail sunfish that the group had previously killed.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Last December, Berman outdid himself, landing $867 million in financing from a group of lenders that include Apollo Global and JPMorgan Chase to convert a 1960s-era office building at 111 Wall Street.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Definition of group
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  • According to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, investigators reviewed social media accounts, a website and a billboard in Latin America that advertised maternity packages at South Texas hospitals to foreign nationals.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
  • However, if Preller decides to move Miller, Getz has the prospect capital to put together as good a package as anyone.
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
Definition of package
Noun
  • The company scrambled to placate the brands with new demonetization policies, stripping ads from huge batches of videos.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
  • So a new batch is freshly made on a weekly basis at all the locations.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of batch
Noun
  • New research is drawing sharper links between dementia risk and where people live, from segregated census tracts to entire regions of the country.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Cyclospora outbreak spans dozens of states Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that infects the intestinal tract and can cause prolonged diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps, bloating and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of tract
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  • The plot lacks essential narrative ligaments and makes David Lynch’s canon seem downright accessible.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
  • In an incident some news commentators are likening to the plot of the 1984 film The Terminator, two of OpenAI’s AI models broke out of a supervised test, got themselves online, and used that access to hack into rival company Hugging Face’s systems.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 July 2026
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