English dictionary

cell

/s/E/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

any small compartment

noun.artifact

Examples
The cells of a honeycomb.

Source: WordNet 3.0
(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

noun.tops

Source: WordNet 3.0
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

noun.artifact

Synonyms electric cell

Source: WordNet 3.0
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

noun.group

Synonyms cadre

Source: WordNet 3.0
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

noun.artifact

Synonyms cellphone cellular phone cellular telephone mobile phone

Source: WordNet 3.0
small room in which a monk or nun lives

noun.artifact

Synonyms cubicle

Source: WordNet 3.0
a room where a prisoner is kept

noun.artifact

Synonyms jail cell prison cell

Source: WordNet 3.0
A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

noun

Source: webster1913