noun
- Any small compartment.
- usage: "the cells of a honeycomb"
- Biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals. (
- A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction.
- synonyms: electric cell
- A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
- synonyms: cadre
- A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver.
- synonyms: cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, mobile phone
- Small room in which a monk or nun lives.
- synonyms: cubicle
- A room where a prisoner is kept.
- synonyms: jail cell, prison cell
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