Cell meaning

noun

1. any small compartment

   “the cells of a honeycomb”

2. (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals

3. a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

   Synonymselectric cell

4. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

   Synonymscadre

5. a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

   Synonymscellular telephonecellular phonecellphonemobile phone

6. small room in which a monk or nun lives

   Synonymscubicle

7. a room where a prisoner is kept

   Synonymsjail cellprison cell