cell-phone
cell-phone is the alternative form of cell phone.
cell-phone is the alternative form of cellphone.
Meaning of cell phone
Noun
cell phone (plural cell phones)
- 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, mobile, mobile phone, sail foam, wireless phone
Meaning of cellphone
Verb
cellphone (third-person singular simple present cellphones, present participle cellphoning, simple past and past participle cellphoned)
- To make a call to (someone) on a cellphone.
- They stood on line, and slept and ate and cellphoned, all night and into the day.2003, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record
Forms of cell-phone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cell-phones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cell-phones |
| present participle | cell-phoning |
| past participle | cell-phoned |
| past | cell-phoned |
Questions about cell-phone
- What is cell-phone the alternative form of?
- Cell-phone is the alternative form of cell phone.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cell-phone (page history and authors); cell phone (page history and authors); cellphone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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