cell phone

noun

variants or less commonly cellphone

ˈsel-ˌfōn 

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

Inside were her cell phone, purse, medication, and a note instructing her mother what to do with the vehicle and all her belongings. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Two sources said agents also took Omar's personal cell phone. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Police confiscated the robot and two cell phones belonging to the suspects. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026

McColley returned a short time later to locate his cell phone and was arrested near the adult store, according to the NYPD. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cell phone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone

Kids Definition

cell phone

noun

: a portable cellular telephone