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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/receiver
Familiarity information: CELLULAR PHONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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