Cell and Room

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

Usage example: a jail cell

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Room is a synonym for cell in accommodation topic. In some cases you can use "Room" instead a noun "Cell".

Nearby Words: cellular, cellphone, celled

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

Usage example: finally had a room to himself when his older brother went off to college

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Cell is a synonym for room in accommodation topic. You can use "Cell" instead a noun "Room".

Nearby Words: roomy, roomed, roomer, roominess, roomette

old	old cell	old room
full	full cell	full room
special	special cell	special room
particular	particular cell	particular room
Other adjectives: certain, free, single, empty, small, entire, large, little, tiny, black, dark, main, private, secret, new, underground, next, different, locked, padded.

Chekhov's Gun: The radio in Chell's room/cell/pod, a seemingly innocuous prop (which played an uptempo version of "Still Alive"), was given an upgrade into a myth arc/ARG prop status two years after release.

Source: Video Game / Portal
Housing charity Shelter ran an ad showing a family forced to live at a "bed and breakfast" (cheap hostel accommodation offered to the homeless) in a room the size of a solitary confinement cell in jail.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Public Service Announcement
This is averted later when people in the room use phones specifically built to facilitate communication from inside the room instead of cell phones.

Source: Manga / Air Gear

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