Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cell phone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: cel-l -phone
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; American usage

verb

Alternative form of cellphone.

Example Sentences

"The Republican insurgent cell phoned them hourly between stops from his recreational vehicle as he terrified Dole forces with a vociferously charged challenge."
"On a road trip, Getzlaf was sitting in the back of the bus and didn't like the movie, so he cell phoned up to the front to get the-then Calgary general manager Kelly Kisio to pop in another video."
"'(Cell phoned) home twice to let them know I’m still alive. Got text saying I’m a suspect,' he wrote according to the Pocono Record."

Etymology

Clipped compound of cellular phone.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cell phones (plural) cellphone (alternative) cell-phone (alternative) cell phones (present, singular) cell phoning (participle, present) cell phoned (participle, past) cell phoned (past)

Phrases

cell-phoned cell phone lot

Synonyms

cell cellular mobile cellular cellular telephone cellular phone handphone mobile mobile phone sail foam wireless phone

Questions

What does cell phone mean?: 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.
Where does cell phone come from?: Clipped compound of cellular phone.

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