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CELLULAR PHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cellular phone mean? 

CELLULAR PHONE (noun)
  The noun CELLULAR PHONE 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/receiverplay

  Familiarity information: CELLULAR PHONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CELLULAR PHONE (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 ("cellular phone" is a kind of...):

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


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