Cell and Extension

Cell

Cell noun - An area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall.

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Extension and cell are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extension" instead a noun "Cell".

Nearby Words: cellular, cellphone, celled

Extension noun - The act of making longer.

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Cell and extension are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cell" instead a noun "Extension".

human	human cell	human extension
full	full cell	full extension
special	special cell	special extension
complete	complete cell	complete extension
Other adjectives: certain, separate, entire, large, little, tiny, new, temporary, different.

When you split in half (as opposed to budding off a daughter cell), you can consider both resulting amoebae to be an extension of the life of the parent.

Source: Immortal Procreation Clause
In the days before cell phones, this often involved a gag about there being only one phone in the house (or two phones on the same line where each extension could listen in on the other).

Source: Phoneaholic Teenager
From a Single Cell: Metroid Prime, and by extension Dark Samus, is absurdly hard to kill, surviving the destruction of an entire planet while being trapped in an alternate dimension at the same time.

Source: Video Game / Metroid Prime Trilogy

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