Cell
Cell noun - A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver.
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Mobile phone
Mobile phone noun - A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver.
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When the series returned to TV in 2005 one major piece of day to day technology that didn't exist when it was last on TV in 1989 was the personal cell/mobile phone.
Source: Technology Marches On - Mobile phone: A common mistake among American writers is to have British characters refer to handheld phones as "cell phones" or "cells".
Source: Useful Notes / British English - In the U.S., you can say "cell phone," "cell" or "mobile phone" pretty freely.
Source: Useful Notes / British English
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Mobile phone and Cell. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cell/mobile_phone
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Mobile phone or Cell. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cell/mobile_phone.
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