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cell

/sɛl/

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noun
a room where a prisoner is kept
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jail cell prison cell

type of:
room

part of:
ward cellblock
noun
small room in which a monk or nun lives
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cubicle

type of:
room

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convent monastery
noun
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
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electric cell

type of:
electrical device
noun
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
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cellphone cellular phone cellular telephone mobile phone

type of:
radiophone radiotelephone wireless telephone
noun
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
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cadre

type of:
political unit political entity
noun
any small compartment
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"the cells of a honeycomb"

type of:
compartment
noun
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
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type of:
living thing animate thing

part of:
being organism

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