to parcel up
2
3.4
- phrasal verb
- /ˈpɑːrsəl ʌp/
- Could you parcel up the gifts before the guests arrive?
Examples
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She spent the afternoon parcelling up the books to mail to her friend.
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Please parcel up the books for shipping.
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After sorting through his things, he parceled up his old clothes for donation.
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I need to parcel these items up before the courier arrives.
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She will parcel up the gifts and send them to her family for Christmas.
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Before moving, he needed to parcel up his belongings into boxes.
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The team decided to parcel up the materials for easier transport to the site.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To put things into a container to carry or store them
32
1.0
To put things into a container for storage or transport
17
2.6
Put things into a box to keep them
7
3.0
Tie or wrap things together to make one package
5
3.4
Roll something into a tube by turning it around
4
3.7
Wrap and decorate something like a present to make it look attractive
4
3.5
To wrap something in paper or a box to send
1
6.5
To put goods into a container for transport
Antonyms
How Packaged
Surface Forms
Morphology
parcel + up
The verb 'parcel' already means to place items into containers and the particle 'up' typically adds a sense of completion or packaging; together they yield the meaning 'to wrap/package items' in a directly compositional way. This follows regular English verb + particle patterns that a B1 learner who knows both constituents is likely to understand.
Etymology
The verb parcel up comes from the simple image of putting things into a parcel and closing them up to send or store. So it now means 'to wrap or package items together'.