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{
"term": "parcel",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "something that is wrapped in paper or put into a thick envelope so that it can be sent by mail, carried easily or given as a present",
"labels": "(especially British English)North American English usually",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There's a parcel and some letters for you."
},
{
"text": "She was carrying a parcel of books under her arm."
},
{
"text": "He came in laden with parcels for the children."
},
{
"text": "I sealed up the box with brown parcel tape."
},
{
"text": "She went to collect her parcel from the depot."
},
{
"text": "The courier tried to deliver a parcel yesterday but I'd already left."
},
{
"text": "The waiter had our left-over food made up into a parcel to take home."
},
{
"text": "This morning a parcel arrived containing a signed copy of his new book."
},
{
"text": "We left little parcels outside each person's door."
},
{
"text": "a parcel-delivery business"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["large", "little", "small"],
"verb + parcel": ["post", "send", "deliver"],
"parcel + verb": ["arrive", "contain something"],
"parcel + noun": ["delivery", "tape", "bomb"],
"preposition": ["in a/the parcel", "parcel from", "parcel to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a piece of land",
"examples": [
{
"text": "50 five-acre parcels have already been sold."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a small amount of food that is wrapped in something, usually pastry, before it is cooked",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "filo pastry parcels"
},
{
"text": "cheese and spinach parcels"
},
{
"text": "Fold up the pastry to form a parcel."
},
{
"text": "Place the fish on top, tucking any tail ends under to make neat parcels."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["neat", "baked", "crispy"],
"parcel + verb": ["be stuffed with something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "an essential part of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Keeping the accounts is part and parcel of my job."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːsl/",
"audio": "pa/parcel/parcel__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːrsl/",
"audio": "pa/parcel/parcel__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (chiefly in the sense ‘small portion’): from Old French parcelle, from Latin particula ‘small part’."
}