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Noun: cellphone  'sel,fown
  1. A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network using radio waves
    - cellular telephone, cellular phone, cell [N. Amer], mobile phone, mobile [Brit], cellular [N. Amer], mobe [informal]
Verb: cell phone
  1. Call up by using a cellular phone
    "If the train is late, I will cell phone you"

Derived forms: cellphones

Type of: call, call up, phone, radiophone, radiotelephone, ring, telephone, wireless telephone

Encyclopedia: Cellphone

Cell phone