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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With its impressive electrical properties, gallium is used in semiconductor chips that make their way into everything from cell phones to power converters in electric vehicles to LED lighting displays.
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Maddie Stone, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
When closed, the phone is the size of a standard cell phone, but when open, the massive internal screen is basically a tablet.
—John Mihaly, PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
Authorities said the woman, a Hayward resident, was struck at least once with a metal pipe by a 42-year-old man who robbed her of her cell phone and fled on foot.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
When a user's cell phone gets out of range of a cell tower, the phone automatically connects to the T-Mobile Starlink network.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
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Maddie Stone, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
When closed, the phone is the size of a standard cell phone, but when open, the massive internal screen is basically a tablet.
—John Mihaly, PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
Authorities said the woman, a Hayward resident, was struck at least once with a metal pipe by a 42-year-old man who robbed her of her cell phone and fled on foot.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
When a user's cell phone gets out of range of a cell tower, the phone automatically connects to the T-Mobile Starlink network.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 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 21 Feb. 2025.
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