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cell
  • (noun)
    1. A component of an electrical battery.
      This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells.
    2. A room in a prison for containing inmates.
      The combatants spent the night in separate cells.
    3. A room in a monastery for sleeping one person.
      Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell.
    4. A small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
      Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization.
    5. A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
      There is a powerful storm cell headed our way.
    6. The basic unit of a living organism, surrounded by a cell membrane.
      There is a virtual zoo of single cell organisms living in your mouth.
    7. An cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb or ovary.
      The bee filled the cell with honey.