Cell

Noun

 * 1) A room in a prison for containing inmates.
 * 2) A component of an electrical battery.
 * 3) A small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
 * 4)  The basic unit of a living organism, surrounded by a cell membrane.
 * 5)  A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
 * 6)  A cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb or ovary.
 * 7) A room in a monastery accommodating one person.
 * 8)  The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
 * 9)  A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.
 * 10)  A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
 * 11)  A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
 * 12) 🇺🇸 A cellular phone.

Adjectives for Cell

 * fungal; transition; sylvan; poor; mossy; dermal; reflective; solitary; overcrowded; photoelectric; filthy; drafty; narrow; tiny; whitewashed; dingy; cement-floored; steel; quiet; dreary; dismal; naked; cloistered; eremitic; waxen; monastic; longitudinal; convent; inmost; uncouth; unused; ambro-sial; functional; albumenoid; wretched; semi-transparent; prophetic; gloomy; uncomfortable; wind-rocked; message-sending; tender; solemn; primordial; dungeon-like.
 * (biological) amoebic; detached; enlarged; enemy; floating; gelatinous, malignant; normal; structural.

Verbs for Cell

 * bind in—; brood in—; cloister in—; confine in—; dwell in—; ensconce in—; force—; gain—; imprison in—; lodge in—; pour from—; range in—; remand to—; retire to —; share—; store in—; track to—.
 * (biological) build —s; destroy —s; feed —s; motivate —s; nourish —s; protect —s; regenerate —s, renew —s; stimulate—; —s adhere to; —s degenerate; —fulfills; —s increase; —3 multiply; —s perform; —shrivels; —special¬izes ; —s store; —s work.

Derived terms

 * battery cell
 * blood cell
 * brain cell
 * cancer cell
 * cell division
 * cell house
 * cell line
 * cell membrane
 * cell theory
 * cell type
 * cellblock
 * cellmate
 * dry cell


 * fat cell
 * fuel cell
 * germ cell
 * helper T cell
 * host cell
 * photoconductive cell
 * photoelectric cell
 * photoemissive cell
 * photovoltaic cell
 * prison cell
 * nerve cell
 * red cell
 * red blood cell
 * sickle cell
 * skin cell
 * solar cell
 * stem cell
 * T cell

Related terms

 * cellular

Thesaurus
compartment, concentration camp, condemned cell, corpuscle, coterie, crew, crib, crowd, crypt, cubicle, cytoplasm, death cell, death house, death row, den, detention camp, ectoplasm, electron-image tube, elite, elite group, enclosed space, endoplasm, energid, eucaryotic cell, federal prison, forced-labor camp, gaol, gas phototube, germ cell, group, guardhouse, hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, hold, hole, hollow, holy of holies, house of correction, house of detention, industrial school, ingroup, inner circle, internment camp, ivory tower, jail, jailhouse, junta, junto, keep, labor camp, lair, lockup, manger, maximum-security prison, mew, minimum-security prison, mob, multiplier phototube, oubliette, outfit, pen, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, pew, photoconductor cell, photomultiplier tube, phototube, photovoltaic cell, plant cell, plasmodium, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, privacy, procaryotic cell, protoplasm, recess, reform school, reformatory, reticulum, retreat, ring, room, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, secret place, set, soft phototube, somatic cell, sponging house, stall, state prison, stockade, syncytium, the hole, tollbooth, training school, trophoplasm, vacuum phototube, vault, we-group, adytum, animal cell, apartment, ashram, bastille, bioplast, black hole, booth, borstal, borstal institution, box, bridewell, brig, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, cavity, cellular tissue, cellule, chamber, charmed circle, chromatoplasm, circle, clan, clique, cloister, closed circle, coenocyte,

Etymology

 * 1) From, from , from  cella:.
 * 2) From cell phone:, from cellular phone:, from cellular: + telephone:

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pila
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: στοιχείο
 * Japanese: セル,


 * Lithuanian: elementas
 * Macedonian: батерија
 * Maltese: ċellola
 * Polish: ogniwo
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Albanian: birucë
 * Arabic: زنزانة
 * Bulgarian: килия
 * Burmese: အချုပ်ခန်း
 * Catalan:, cel·la
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, tyrmä
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: kamera
 * Macedonian: ќелија
 * Maltese: ċella
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: celulă
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, bartolina
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: leziöb


 * Bulgarian: килия
 * Catalan: cel·la
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 個室


 * Lithuanian: celė
 * Macedonian: ќелија
 * Maltese: ċella
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: chilie
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: celulă
 * Russian: ячейка
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Swahili:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: hüceyrə
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ကလာပ်စည်း
 * Burmese: ကလာပ်စည်း
 * Catalan: cèl·lula
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 세포


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: šūna
 * Lithuanian: ląstelė
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: ċellula
 * Persian: سلول
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: celulă
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cealla
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కణము
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: siül


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: килийка
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: οπή,
 * Japanese: 巣穴
 * Latvian: šūna


 * Lithuanian: akis
 * Macedonian: ќелија
 * Maltese: xehda
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ячейка
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: ziöb


 * Japanese: セル
 * Macedonian: ќелија


 * Polish:
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: セル
 * Macedonian: ќелија


 * Polish:
 * Swahili:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:


 * Czech:
 * Swahili:


 * Macedonian: ќелија


 * Swahili:

Noun

 * Arabic: خليوي
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,  , ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: סלולרי
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: мобила,,  ,  сотовый
 * Spanish:, ,  teléfono celular,
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: సెల్
 * Turkish: ,
 * Telugu: సెల్
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology
From cella:.

Noun

 * 1) church

Descendants

 * Irish:
 * Manx:
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Noun

 * 1) Cell; a room in a prison.
 * 2) Cell; a room in a monastery for sleeping one person.
 * 3) Cell; a small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
 * 4)  Cell; the basic unit of a living organism.
 * 5)  Cell; an cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb.
 * 6)  Cell; a minimal unit of a cellular automaton.

Etymology
From cella:.