n. | 1. | A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. | |||||||||
2. | A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. | ||||||||||
3. | Any small cavity, or hollow place. | ||||||||||
4. | (Arch.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. | ||||||||||
5. | (Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery. | ||||||||||
6. | (Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.
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v. t. | 1. | To place or inclose in a cell. |
Noun | 1. | cell - any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb" |
2. | cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; cells may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | |
3. | cell - a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction Synonyms: electric cell | |
4. | cell - a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement Synonyms: cadre | |
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6. | cell - small room is which a monk or nun lives Synonyms: cubicle | |
7. | ![]() Synonyms: jail cell, prison cell |
CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon.
(networking) | cell - ATM's term for a packet. |