cell phone
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cell phone
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Clipped compound of cellular phone.
noun cell phones · cellphone · cell-phone · CP
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A portable, wireless telephone, which changes antenna connections seamlessly during travel from one radio reception cell to another without losing the party-to-party call connection.
Similar: cell, cellular mobile, cellular, cellular telephone, cellular phone, handphone, mobile, mobile phone, sail foam, wireless phone
verb cell phones · cell phoning · cell phoned · cellphone · cell-phone
- Alternative form of cellphone The Republican insurgent cell phoned them hourly between stops from his recreational vehicle as he terrified Dole forces with a vociferously charged challenge.
Talk about this word "cell phone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cell%20phone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cell phone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cell%20phone "cell phone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cell%20phone.Cite this
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title = {cell phone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cell%20phone},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
