parcel post

noun

A postal service involving the shipping of parcels.

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Meanings

nounparcel post (plural parcel posts)

plural parcel posts · alternative parcel-post

  1. A postal service involving the shipping of parcels.

    Suspension of parcel post is reported to have diverted many parcels to the railways; but receipts were only £272,000 up.

    1962 April, “Talking of Trains: Disappointing statistics”, in Modern Railways, page 220
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APA

parcel post. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcel%20post

MLA

“parcel post.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcel%20post. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parcel post,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcel%20post.

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