Synonyms: portion, parcel, share
Definition: the allotment of some amount by dividing something
Usage: death gets more than its share of attention from theologians
Similar words: allocation, allotment, assignation, apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling
Definition: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Usage: the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
Definition: a wrapped container
Similar words: container
Definition: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
Synonyms: bundle, package, packet, parcel
Definition: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Similar words: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection
Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Synonyms: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land
Definition: an extended area of land
Similar words: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
Definition: a demarcated area of the Earth
Synonyms: parcel
Definition: make into a wrapped container
Definition: arrange or fold as a cover or protection
Usage: wrap the baby before taking her out; Wrap the present
Synonyms: parcel
Definition: cover with strips of canvas
Usage: parcel rope
Similar words: cover
Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers
Synonyms: parcel
Definition: divide into parts
Usage: The developers parceled the land
Similar words: dissever, divide, separate, split, split up, carve up
Definition: separate into parts or portions
Usage: divide the cake into three equal parts; The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I