parcels

parcels is the plural of parcel.

parcels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parcel.

Meaning of parcel

parcel (plural parcels)

A package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.
- I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
Synonyms:

package
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
- I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
Synonyms:

plot
(obsolete) A group of birds.
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
- […] this youthful parcel / Of noble bachelors stand at my bestowing,c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

parcels

(UK, dated, in plural) A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.
- An unusual visitor to Leeds on September 26 was Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75042 (17A), on a Class H goods from York; it soon returned on the 6.30 p.m. Leeds-York parcels.1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: North Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425

What does parcels mean?: Parcels means a parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.
What is parcels the plural of?: Parcels is the plural of parcel.
What part of speech is parcels?: Parcels is a noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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