cell

Nouns

  • (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 cell

Words of close approximity

Celt
CEO CER
Cebu cede cedi Celt cent cere cero cert Cewa
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