Parcel vs. Mail
Parcelnoun
A package wrapped for shipment.
Parcelnoun
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
Parcelnoun
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
Parcelnoun
(obsolete) A group of birds.
Parcelnoun
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
Parcelnoun
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
Parcelnoun
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
Parcelverb
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
Parcelverb
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
Parcelverb
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
Parcelverb
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
Parceladverb
(obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
Parcelnoun
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
Parcelnoun
A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
Parcelnoun
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
Parcelnoun
A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
Parcelverb
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; - often with out or into.
Parcelverb
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
Parcelverb
To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
Parceladjective
Part or half; in part; partially.
Parcelnoun
a wrapped container
Parcelnoun
the result of parcelling out or sharing;
Parcelnoun
an extended area of land
Parcelnoun
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Parcelverb
divide into parts;
Parcelverb
cover with strips of canvas;
Parcelverb
make into a wrapped container
Parcelnoun
an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post
Parcelnoun
a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction
Parcelnoun
a piece of land, especially one considered as part of an estate
Parcelnoun
a group of people of a specified sort
Parcelnoun
a portion of a larger body of air or other fluid considered as a discrete element
Parcelverb
make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it
Parcelverb
divide into portions and then distribute
Parcelverb
wrap (rope) with strips of tarred canvas, before binding it with yarn as part of a traditional technique to reduce chafing.
Mailnoun
A bag or wallet.
Mailnoun
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
Mailnoun
The material conveyed by the postal service.
Mailnoun
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
Mailnoun
The postal service or system in general.
Mailnoun
The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
Mailnoun
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
Mailnoun
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Mailnoun
(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
Mailnoun
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Mailnoun
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
Mailnoun
A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
Mailnoun
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
Mailnoun
A monetary payment or tribute.
Mailnoun
Rent.
Mailnoun
Tax.
Mailverb
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
Mailverb
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
Mailverb
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
Mailverb
(transitive) To arm with mail.
Mailverb
(transitive) To pinion.
Mailnoun
A spot.
Mailnoun
A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
Mailnoun
Rent; tribute.
Mailnoun
A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
Mailnoun
Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
Mailnoun
A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Mailnoun
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
Mailnoun
A bag; a wallet.
Mailnoun
The bag or bags with the letters, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.
Mailnoun
That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
Mailnoun
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Mailverb
To arm with mail.
Mailverb
To pinion.
Mailverb
To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter.
Mailnoun
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
Mailnoun
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;
Mailnoun
a conveyance that transports mail
Mailnoun
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;
Mailnoun
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
Mailverb
send via the postal service;
Mailverb
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
Mailnoun
letters and parcels sent by post
Mailnoun
the postal system
Mailnoun
a single delivery or collection of mail
Mailnoun
Mailnoun
a vehicle, such as a train, carrying mail.
Mailnoun
a bag of letters to be sent by post.
Mailnoun
used in titles of newspapers
Mailnoun
armour made of metal rings or plates joined together flexibly
Mailnoun
the protective shell or scales of certain animals.
Mailverb
send (a letter or parcel) by post
Mailverb
send (someone) email
Mailverb
clothe or cover with mail
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems.
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