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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
parcel
/ˈpɑːsəl/
noun1 of 3
a package or box wrapped in paper, a thing bigger than a letter that is sent in the mail
- “Send this parcel to him in care of his company.”Tatoeba
- “Put a stamp on the parcel and post it.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 3
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
adverb3 of 3
Part or half; in part; partially.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))