CELLPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cellphone mean? 

• CELLPHONE (noun)
  The noun CELLPHONE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CELLPHONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELLPHONE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cell; cellphone; cellular phone; cellular telephone; mobile phone

Hypernyms ("cellphone" is a kind of...):

radiophone; radiotelephone; wireless telephone (a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables)

Derivation:

cell phone (call up by using a cellular phone)

 Context examples 

A number of major cellphone companies, including U.S-based AT&T and German rival T-Mobile, unilaterally announced a halt to sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7 on Sunday.

(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)