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CELLULAR PHONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
Synonyms:
cell; cellphone; cellular phone; cellular telephone; mobile phone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cellular phone" is a kind of...):
radiophone; radiotelephone; wireless telephone (a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables)