"cellular phone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cellular phones [plural]
Etymology: From cellular + phone. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cellular}} cellular, {{m|en|phone}} phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} cellular phone (plural cellular phones)
  1. A mobile phone using cellular technology. Categories (topical): Mobile phones Synonyms: cell phone, mobile phone, cellular telephone
    Sense id: en-cellular_phone-en-noun-rU1ofAMh Disambiguation of Mobile phones: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
  2. (informal) A mobile phone using any technology (such as PCS). Tags: informal Categories (topical): Mobile phones
    Sense id: en-cellular_phone-en-noun-tPjvrwJv Disambiguation of Mobile phones: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cellular phone meaning in English (2.5kB)

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