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Parcel

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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Broader term 18

Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Allocation 76% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Allotment 76% connected

The act of allotting; assignment.

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Apportioning 76% connected

of Apportion

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Apportionment 76% connected

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just…

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Assignation 76% connected

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Dissever 76% connected

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

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Divide 76% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Parceling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Parcelling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Split 76% connected

of Split

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Wrap 76% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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Narrower term 33

Bundle 76% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Clearing 76% connected

of Clear

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Common 76% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Commons 76% connected

The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

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Desert 76% connected

That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.

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Diamond 76% connected

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

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Fairway 76% connected

The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed…

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Glade 76% connected

An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

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Green 76% connected

Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emer…

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Infield 76% connected

To inclose, as a field.

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Left 76% connected

of Leave

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Midway 76% connected

The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.

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Oasis 76% connected

A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

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Outfield 76% connected

Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1.

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Packet 76% connected

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

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Park 76% connected

A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Sector 76% connected

A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.

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Sheaf 76% connected

A sheave.

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Short 76% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Site 76% connected

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Subdivision 76% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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Wisp 76% connected

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.

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Yard 76% connected

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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Derivationally related 6

Assignation 74% connected

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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Assignation 74% connected

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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Tract 74% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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Tract 74% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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Synonym 6

Bundle 92% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Package 92% connected

Act or process of packing.

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Packet 92% connected

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

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Portion 92% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Share 92% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Tract 92% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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