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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
Some pro-union workers described other UAW supporters being terminated for having their cell phones out.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 17 May 2024
There is no place to sit and at some times of day, no place to stand because the sidewalk in front of the business was taken over by street vendors hawking socks and batteries and cell phone accessories years ago.
—Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1983, in the meaning defined above
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
cell phone
noun
: a portable cellular telephone
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