cell phone
noun
variants
or less commonly cellphone
plural cell phones also cellphones
: a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system
Examples of cell phone in a Sentence
Call me on my cell phone.
Recent Examples on the Web
Fortunately, every system on this list either uses a platform that already has these devices in place or relies on the use of a cell phone, most of which can have parental control options added to them.
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Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 8 May 2024
Sheriff’s office divers searching for more possible evidence then found a cell phone in the water on the other side of the bridge.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
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Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 8 May 2024
Sheriff’s office divers searching for more possible evidence then found a cell phone in the water on the other side of the bridge.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cell phone
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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