English

Alternative forms

• cellphone (mainly US and Canada)
• cell-phone (mainly US and Canada)

Noun

cell phone ‎(plural cell phones)

1. A portable, wireless telephone, which changes antenna connections seamlessly during travel from one radio reception cell to another without losing the party-to-party call connection.

Synonyms

• cell
• cellular mobile, cellular, cellular telephone, cellular phone
• handphone (mainly Asia)
• mobile (mainly UK and Australia)
• mobile phone
• wireless phone

Hypernyms

• See also Wikisaurus:phone

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