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

The Herald sent requests for comment to her office and her communications director, and called and texted her on her cell phone. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

After a detailed briefing with an ATI staff member, I was kitted out with a folder packed with maps, a Namibian cell phone pre-programmed with key contacts, and a first-aid kit. — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Police said on Monday, June 15, 2026, the department's investigations division was contacted by the Montgomery Police Department, which had recovered images from Silva's cell phone during an unrelated investigation. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Blending 1970s sci-fi aesthetics with a timeless world where cell phones are the only markers of temporal difference, the film blurs the boundaries between memory, history and the supernatural. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 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