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PARCELLATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The division into parcels

Example:

the increasing parcellation of land with every generation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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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