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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A cellular telephone.

Wiktionary

  1. n. 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.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. call up by using a cellular phone

Etymologies

  1. English, from cellular, and telephone. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “And then—the possibilities fell into place—I could cement my deception by also buying a cell phone that would have a Chicago area code, so I could provide a phone number for Dr. Mullin to call for verification and further arrangements.”

    Simon & Schuster: Claim to Fame

  • “Constance whipped out her cell phone to call Whittaker, who was now a Harvard man.”

    Simon & Schuster: INNER CIRCLE

  • “When the FASTEN SEAT BELTS sign went off, I stretched and lay out across my row before realizing I had forgotten to switch my cell phone off.”

    Simon & Schuster: Miss Misery

  • “After speaking to Jack, Dorie Carpenter called her husband on his cell phone and left a message.”

    Simon & Schuster: WRECKED

  • “My alarm clock didn't go off this morning, instead I woke up to the sound of my cell phone ringing, it was my daughter Kirstin calling to say "Happy Mother's Day".”

    ABC 4: Top Stories

  • “I had monitored Hoyt's cell phone transmissions using a Cellmate cellular radio monitoring system, aided by a cellular gain antenna.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Killing Kind

  • “At Milbridge, maybe eighty miles from Lubec, the cell phone rang for the third time.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Killing Kind

  • “Then I headed for the front door and I noticed two things—the window behind the futon-couch was wide-open with no screen and it led to a fire escape, which would make the place pretty vulnerable to a break-in, though the unlocked door made things even easier, and I also saw that there was a cell phone on the coffee table.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Double Life is Twice as Good

  • “She hurried over and shoved the little dog toward the assistant director, Mr. Michaels, who was on his cell phone nearby.”

    Simon & Schuster: NANCY DREW

  • ““Reed Danforth,” she answered as she placed the cell phone next to her.”

    Simon & Schuster: WRECKED

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