cell
/sˈɛl/
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Definitions
Noun
any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"
Noun
(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
Noun
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
Noun
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
Noun
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
Noun
small room in which a monk or nun lives
Noun
a room where a prisoner is kept
Synonyms
cadre
cellphone
cellular phone
cellular telephone
cubicle
electric cell
jail cell
mobile phone
prison cell
More General Terms
animate thing
compartment
electrical device
living thing
political entity
political unit
radiophone
radiotelephone
room
wireless telephone
More Specific Terms
acaryote
akaryocyte
akaryote
archespore
archesporium
arthrospore
beta cell
blastema
blastomere
bullpen
cooler
daughter cell
detention cell
detention centre
dungeon
electrolytic cell
embryonic cell
fertilized ovum
fiber
fibre
flagellated cell
formative cell
fuel cell
galvanic cell
gametocyte
germ cell
guardroom
hold
keep
Kupffer''s cell
Leydig cell
Leydig''s cell
mother cell
parthenote
photovoltaic cell
plant cell
polar body
primary cell
radical cell
recombinant
reproductive cell
secondary cell
Sertoli cell
Sertoli''s cell
sex cell
sleeper cell
solar cell
somatic cell
storage cell
sweatbox
tank
terrorist cell
vegetative cell
voltaic cell
zygote