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Cell   /sɛl/   Listen
Cell

noun
1.
Any small compartment.
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.  Synonym: electric cell.
4.
A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement.  Synonym: cadre.
5.
A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver.  Synonyms: cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone.
6.
Small room in which a monk or nun lives.  Synonym: cubicle.
7.
A room where a prisoner is kept.  Synonyms: jail cell, prison cell.



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"Cell" Quotes from Famous Books



... the planet. Geology has no evidence whatever to offer as to whence or how life came. All analogies lead us to believe that its appearance must have been sudden. Its earliest forms are unknown, but analogy suggests that as every living creature has developed from a single cell, so the earliest organisms upon the globe—the germs from which all later life is supposed to have been evolved—were tiny, unicellular masses of protoplasm, resembling the amoeba of to-day in ...
— The Elements of Geology • William Harmon Norton

... first words, she became a living, breathing, lovely, and lovable woman. All of the young man's chivalry leaped to the call. He had gone back several centuries. In feeling, he was a knight-errant rescuing beauty in distress from a dungeon cell. To the girl, he was a reckless young person with a dirty face and eyes that gave confidence. But, though a knight-errant, Ford was a modern knight-errant. He wasted no time in explanations ...
— The Lost House • Richard Harding Davis

... over that too," Harry replied; "but, you see, it would be necessary to get several men to work together. One might, perhaps, bribe the man who has charge of the cell, but there would be other warders, and the guard at the gate, and the latter are changed every day. I do not see how that ...
— In the Reign of Terror - The Adventures of a Westminster Boy • G. A. Henty

... disarm Sam Opdyke an' put him under arrest fer contempt. An', Mr. Sheriff, when I says ter arrest him ... I mean to put him in ther jail ... an' I don't only mean to put him in ther jail but in a cell and leave him there till this co'te gets ready for him. When this co'te is ready, it will let you know." He paused there in the dead hush of an amazed audience, then continued on an even key: "An', Mr. Sheriff, if there's any disquiet ...
— The Roof Tree • Charles Neville Buck

... second floor; and this last is of the lower floor. I give them to you in trust.' I took them from his hand, and he said, further, 'Now you have the keys and the maps; go immediately, and acquaint yourself with the whole arrangement; visit each cell, and see to its condition. When anything is needed for the security of a prisoner, order it according to your judgment, for you are the master under ...
— Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ • Lew Wallace


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