"cellular phone" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cellular phone.wav Forms: cellular phones [plural]
Etymology: From cellular + phone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cellular|phone}} cellular + phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} cellular phone (plural cellular phones)
  1. A mobile phone using cellular technology.
    Sense id: en-cellular_phone-en-noun-rU1ofAMh
  2. (informal) A mobile phone using any technology (such as PCS). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cellular_phone-en-noun-tPjvrwJv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Mobile phones Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Mobile phones: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cell phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone

Inflected forms

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