{
    "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’."
}