cell
noun
1. any small compartment
- the cells of a honeycomb
Definition categories: man–made, compartment
2. (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
Definition categories: general
3. a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
Definition categories: man–made
4. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
Similar word(s): cadre
Definition categories: group
5. a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
Similar word(s): cellphone
Definition categories: man–made, radiophone, radiotelephone
6. small room in which a monk or nun lives
Similar word(s): cubicle
Definition categories: man–made, room
7. a room where a prisoner is kept
Definition categories: man–made, room
Sentences with cell as a noun:
- Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell.
- The combatants spent the night in separate cells.
- This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells.
- There is a powerful storm cell headed our way.
- The upper right cell always starts with the color green.
- Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization.
- Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells.
- I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower.
verb
1. (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.