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

Bring your family and friends, leave the cell phones tucked in your bag and have fun trying to find hidden surprises and the exit to acres upon acres of corn maze. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Investigators allegedly found videos on a cell phone showing Ayres’ repeatedly assaulting Dunn. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

York’s cell phone was returned to him while $160 was forfeited to the Miami Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026

The man did not have a cell phone or other emergency equipment, and his boat was not equipped with lights, troopers said. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 24 Aug. 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