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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That isn’t to say that students never use cell phones when they aren’t supposed to, Alexander said. Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025 Much of the incident was captured by another hotel resident on a cell phone, according to the documents. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025 Because of that structure, and because of a million other things like a lack of George Clooney and the persistent presence of cell phones, The Pitt is not ER. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025 Who knows who’s carrying a gun and might get irate when someone else blocks the screen or answers a cell phone during a movie showing. Diane Gensler, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cell phone 

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cell phone was in 1983

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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

cell phone

noun
: a portable cellular telephone
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