A building in which people are legally held as a punishment for committing a crime
Plural for a place where a prisoner is locked up
“In many of the young offender institutions, people spend more than fifteen hours a day locked up in a cell.”
Plural for an enclosed area in a building or structure
“He, for some time, lived in a little cell attached to the church.”
Plural for an enclosed cavity in a structure or organism
“Each hexagonal cell in the honeycomb slopes downward from the opening to the base.”
Plural for a small group forming a nucleus of political activity, typically a secret, subversive one
“Police are investigating whether another member of the terrorist cell is alive and on the run.”
Plural for a branch or division of a company or organization
“Later, some of these societies became interested in politics, supporting the local cell of their preferred party.”
(biology) Plural for the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism
“Before a red blood cell is released from the bone marrow, most of its internal parts are ejected as excess baggage.”
Plural for a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows
Plural for a portable telephone that connects with a network over radio wave transmission
Plural for a single-celled organism, such as an ameba or amoeba, belonging to the kingdom Protozoa
Plural for a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity
Plural for the reproductive cell or gamete of the male
Plural for an underground burial place consisting of tunnels with side recesses for tombs
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