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cell phone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Clipped compound of cellular phone.
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(Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US) 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.
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Deriveds
cell-phoned · cell phone lot
Synonyms
cellular · mobile phone · handphone · cellular phone · cell · cellular mobile · cellular telephone · wireless phone · mobile · sail foam
cell phone en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Clipped compound of cellular phone.
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cellphone.
The Republican insurgent cell phoned them hourly between stops from his recreational vehicle as he terrified Dole forces with a vociferously charged challenge.
1996 September 25, Francis X. Clines, “Cool to Dole’s Campaigning, Talk Radio Tries to Start Fire”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015:'(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.
2017 April 11, Associated Press, Kiri Blakeley, “'A lot longer than I expected to last': Survivalist Eric Frein was surprised that he was able to evade cops for 48 days after he 'murdered a state trooper in an ambush,' his journal reveals”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2026: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.
2007 May 30, “Wharnsby: Next generation of star defenceman on hand in Anaheim”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2026:
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