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small
Adjective
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Small means little, not big. The number of inches or centimetres from one end of it to the other end is not many.
A mouse is a small animal. A baby mouse is very small.
parcel
Noun
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A package; a box wrapped in paper; a thing bigger than a letter that is sent in the mail.
On my birthday, I got a parcel in the mail.
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A parcel of land is a piece of land that was part of a larger piece.
parcel
Verb
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If you parcel something out, you divide it into small parts to give to different people.
The set of books was parcelled out among the people who were there.
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If you parcel something off, you divide it into small parts to be sold to different people.
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If you parcel something up, you make it into a parcel by wrapping it up.