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.
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Rent, electric, cell phone, and car insurance just to name a few, leaves me with very little to buy any food.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The 0-for-2 performance at the free throw line allowed every fan in the building to be able to claim a free 8-piece Chick-fil-A nuggets on their cell phone.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
But during the bird hunt Taylor suddenly got cell phone pictures of the big buck at the food plot near his lock-on tree stand back in Kentucky.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Multiple employees failed to wash their hands after handling trash or their cell phones.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The 0-for-2 performance at the free throw line allowed every fan in the building to be able to claim a free 8-piece Chick-fil-A nuggets on their cell phone.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
But during the bird hunt Taylor suddenly got cell phone pictures of the big buck at the food plot near his lock-on tree stand back in Kentucky.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Multiple employees failed to wash their hands after handling trash or their cell phones.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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 4 Nov. 2025.
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