cell
Nouns
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(n) any small compartment
- the cells of a honeycomb
- (n) (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
- (n) a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction electric cell,
- (n) a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement cadre,
- (n) a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone,
- (n) small room in which a monk or nun lives cubicle,
- (n) a room where a prisoner is kept jail cell, prison cell,
Synonyms
electric cell cadre cellphone cellular phone cellular telephone mobile phone cubicle jail cell prison cellWords of close approximity
cellar
cellarage
cellaret
cellblock
cell death
cell division
cell doctrine
cell-free
Cellini
cellist
cell-like
cell-mediated immune response
cell membrane
cell nucleus
cello
cellophane
cell organ
cell organelle
cellphone
cell phone
cell theory
cellular
cellular division
cellular inclusion
cellularity
cellular phone
cellular respiration
cellular slime mold
cellular telephone
cellulite
cellulitis
celluloid
cellulose
cellulose acetate
cellulose ester
cellulose nitrate
cellulose tape
cellulose triacetate
cellulose xanthate
cellulosic
cellulosid
cell wall