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part and parcel

part and parcel noun: an integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.

Noun

part and parcel (usually uncountable, plural parts and parcels)

  1. (usually) An integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.
    • Regular maintenance is part and parcel of owning a car.
    • Argument structure is thus considered to be part and parcel of the information associated with lexical, syntactically atomic verbs.1998, Wilhelm Geuder, Miriam Butt, The Projection of Arguments, Introduction

part and parcel meaning in Tamil

part and parcel in Tamil

இன்றியமையாக் கூறு, இன்றியமையாக்கூறு, ஒன்றிணைந்த பகுதி

Examples of part and parcel in a sentence

  • For many women, vibrators are part and parcel of good sex.2016, Allison Moon, “Mapping Your Route: Anatomy & Orgasm”, in Girl Sex 101, 2nd edition, Lunatic Ink, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 117:
  • Class 170 (or even '158') substitutions were still part and parcel of the daily service, although availability has since improved.2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:

Forms of part and parcel

pluralparts and parcels

Origin of part and parcel

Parcel is used in its archaic sense of an integral or component part. Originally used as a legal term.

Questions about part and parcel

What does part and parcel mean?
Part and parcel means an integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.
What is part and parcel in Tamil?
Part and parcel in Tamil is இன்றியமையாக் கூறு, இன்றியமையாக்கூறு, ஒன்றிணைந்த பகுதி. See Part and parcel meaning in Tamil.
How do you use part and parcel in a sentence?
For many women, vibrators are part and parcel of good sex.
What part of speech is part and parcel?
Part and parcel is a noun.
What is the plural of part and parcel?
The plural of part and parcel is parts and parcels.

Words near part and parcel in the dictionary

  1. Parsonsian
  2. parsonsine
  3. parsonsite
  4. part
  5. Part A state
  6. part and parcel
  7. Part B state
  8. part brass rags
  9. Part C state
  10. part company
  11. part exchange

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Adapted from Wiktionary: part and parcel (page history and authors); part and parcel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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