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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

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

type of:
electrical device
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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

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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
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(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

Definition that contains cell

mitosis cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
adipose cell cells composed of fat
islets of langerhans cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones
hypermastigina cellulose-producing flagellates
gametangium cell or organ in which gametes develop
fat cell cells composed of fat
class acrasiomycetes cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista
order hypermastigina cellulose-producing flagellates
osteoclast cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue
islands of langerhans cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones