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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Don’t rely solely on your cell phone.
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Paloma Chavez, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
The comment is captured on Venegas’ cell phone footage published by the Institute for Justice.
—Julia Marnin
october 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Remove her cell phone from its protective sleeve, to assure the best pictures.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu may have been speaking to a smaller audience within the hall, but his address was broadcast on speakers in Gaza and on Gazans’ cell phones, something the prime minister revealed while on stage.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
The comment is captured on Venegas’ cell phone footage published by the Institute for Justice.
—Julia Marnin
october 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Remove her cell phone from its protective sleeve, to assure the best pictures.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu may have been speaking to a smaller audience within the hall, but his address was broadcast on speakers in Gaza and on Gazans’ cell phones, something the prime minister revealed while on stage.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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