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cell

noun

1 cell

Any small compartment.

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, ... show more

Roget 893: seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; snugness etc. adj.; delitescence; rustication, rus in urbe [Lat.]; solitude; solitariness etc. ... show more

Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, ... show more

Roget 252: concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness; indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, ... show more

2 cell

biology The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals.

Dutch: cel
Polish: komórka

3 cell

A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction.

synonym: electric cell.

Dutch: element
Polish: ogniwo elektryczne, ogniwo

4 cell

A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement.

synonym: cadre.

Dutch: cel

5 cell

A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver.

synonyms: cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone.

Dutch: telefoon, mobiele telefoon
Polish: telefon komórkowy, komórka

6 cell

Small room in which a monk or nun lives.

synonym: cubicle.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Dutch: cel, hok, kamertje
Polish: cela

7 cell

A room where a prisoner is kept.

synonyms: jail cell, prison cell.

Dutch: strafcel
Polish: cela


Moby thesaurus: POW camp, Photronic cell, adytum, animal cell, apartment, ashram, bastille, bioplast, black hole, booth, borstal, borstal institution, box, bridewell, brig, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, cavity ... show more.

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