noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of cell phone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cellphone
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfəʊn/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈsɛlfoʊn/
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L F OW0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To make a call to (someone) on a cellphone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cellular telephone, cellular phone, cell, mobile phone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.