"cellphone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛlfəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛlfoʊn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cellphone.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cellphones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cellphone (plural cellphones)
  1. Alternative form of cell phone Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cell phone Derived forms: cellphone lot
    Sense id: en-cellphone-en-noun-neXl93bq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛlfəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛlfoʊn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cellphone.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cellphones [present, singular, third-person], cellphoning [participle, present], cellphoned [participle, past], cellphoned [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} cellphone (third-person singular simple present cellphones, present participle cellphoning, simple past and past participle cellphoned)
  1. To make a call on a cellphone.
    Sense id: en-cellphone-en-verb-CKevkkWn

Inflected forms

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