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PARCELLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parcellation mean? 

PARCELLATION (noun)
  The noun PARCELLATION has 1 sense:

1. the division into parcelsplay

  Familiarity information: PARCELLATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARCELLATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The division into parcels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the increasing parcellation of land with every generation

Hypernyms ("parcellation" is a kind of...):

division (the act or process of dividing)

Derivation:

parcel (make into a wrapped container)

parcel (divide into parts)


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