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
Samsung, Apple and Google ship cell phones from Vietnam to the United States.
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Cops are investigating the attack as a hate crime and have released cell phone footage the woman took of the suspect in the hopes someone recognizes him.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
By comparing this information with location data from O’Keefe’s cell phone, Welcher’s firm found Read’s SUV reversed between 12:32:04 a.m. and 12:32:12 a.m. — the time the commonwealth alleges O’Keefe was struck.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
The illicit items included marijuana, cocaine, cell phones and weapons.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Cops are investigating the attack as a hate crime and have released cell phone footage the woman took of the suspect in the hopes someone recognizes him.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
By comparing this information with location data from O’Keefe’s cell phone, Welcher’s firm found Read’s SUV reversed between 12:32:04 a.m. and 12:32:12 a.m. — the time the commonwealth alleges O’Keefe was struck.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
The illicit items included marijuana, cocaine, cell phones and weapons.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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