1. Any small compartment
   "the cells of a honeycomb" 
2. (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 
3. A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
   - electric cell 
4. A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
   - cadre 
5. [N. Amer] A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network using radio waves
   - cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, mobile phone, mobile [Brit], cellular [N. Amer] 
6. Small room in which a monk or nun lives
   - cubicle 
7. A room where a prisoner is kept
   - jail cell, prison cell 
8. (computing) a position in an electronic spreadsheet identified by its row and column

Sounds like: sell

Derived forms: cells

See also: cellular, extracellular, intercellular, intracellular, unicellular

Type of: animate thing, compartment, electrical device, living thing, political entity, political unit, radiophone, radiotelephone, room, wireless telephone

Part of: being, cellblock, convent, monastery, organism, political movement, ward

Encyclopedia: Cell

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