Parcel vs. Mail — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Parcel and Mail
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Parcel
An object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post
A brown paper parcel
A parcel bomb
The lorry was carrying a large number of Royal Mail parcels
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.
Parcel
A quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction
A parcel of shares
Letters and parcels sent by post
I did not receive any mail
Parcel
Make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it
He parcelled up the goods and sent them back
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Armour made of metal rings or plates joined together flexibly
A coat of mail
He had a mail shirt
Parcel
Wrap (rope) with strips of tarred canvas, before binding it with yarn as part of a traditional technique to reduce chafing.
Send (a letter or parcel) by post
Three editions were mailed to our members
Parcel
Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.
Clothe or cover with mail
A mailed gauntlet
Parcel
A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.
Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system
The volume of mail increases around the holidays.
Parcel
A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.
Postal material for a specific person or organization
Could you pick up my mail at the office?.
Parcel
A group or company; a pack
"this youthful parcel of noble bachelors" (Shakespeare).
Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time
Delivered the morning mail around town.
Parcel
To divide into parts and distribute
Parceled out the land to their three children.
A postal system. Used with the, sometimes in the plural
Used the mail to send the supplies.
Advertisements sent through the mails.
Parcel
To make into a parcel; package.
Chiefly British A vehicle by which mail is transported.
Parcel
(Nautical) To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).
Mail or messages sent electronically; email.
Parcel
A package wrapped for shipment.
I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
Flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales.
Parcel
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.
Parcel
An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
Rent, payment, or tribute.
Parcel
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
To send by a postal system
Mailed the letter yesterday.
Parcel
(obsolete) A group of birds.
To send letters and other material by a postal system.
Parcel
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
To cover or armor with mail.
Parcel
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
A bag or wallet.
Parcel
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
Parcel
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
The material conveyed by the postal service.
Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.
Parcel
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
Parcel
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
The postal service or system in general.
He decided to send his declaration by mail.
Parcel
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
Parcel
(obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
Parcel
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
Two parcels of the white of an egg.
The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government.
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Parcel
A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
Parcel
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
This youthful parcelOf noble bachelors stand at my disposing.
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Parcel
A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
Parcel
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; - often with out or into.
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
The broad woodland parceled into farms.
A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
Parcel
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
That mine own servant shouldParcel the sum of my disgraces byAddition of his envy.
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
Parcel
To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
A monetary payment or tribute.
Parcel
Part or half; in part; partially.
The worthy dame was parcel-blind.
One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
Rent.
Parcel
A wrapped container
Tax.
Parcel
The result of parcelling out or sharing;
Death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
Parcel
An extended area of land
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
Parcel
A collection of things wrapped or boxed together
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.
Parcel
Divide into parts;
The developers parceled the land
(transitive) To arm with mail.
Parcel
Cover with strips of canvas;
Parcel rope
(transitive) To pinion.
Parcel
Make into a wrapped container
A spot.
A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
Rent; tribute.
A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail.
A bag; a wallet.
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.
There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague.
That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
To arm with mail.
To pinion.
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.
The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;
The mail handles billions of items every day
He works for the United States mail service
In England they call mail `the post'
A conveyance that transports mail
Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;
Your mail is on the table
Is there any post for me?
She was opening her post
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
Send via the postal service;
I'll mail you the check tomorrow
Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
Send me your latest results
I'll mail you the paper when it's written
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