| cell | |
| 1. n. A single-room dwelling for a hermit. | |
| 2. n. (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. | |
| 3. n. A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. | |
| Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell. | |
| 4. n. A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. | |
| The combatants spent the night in separate cells. | |
| 5. n. Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb. | |
| 6. n. (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. | |
| 8. n. A section or compartment of a larger structure. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den. | |
| 10. n. A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. | |
| This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells. | |
| 11. n. (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. | |
| 12. n. (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front. | |
| There is a powerful storm cell headed our way. | |
| 13. n. (computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior. | |
| The upper right cell always starts with the color green. | |
| 14. n. (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed. | |
| 15. n. A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. | |
| Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization. | |
| 16. n. (communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode. | |
| Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells. | |
| 17. n. (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network. | |
| I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower. | |
| 18. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope. | |
| 19. n. (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect. | |
| 20. n. (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. | |
| 21. n. (architecture) A cella. | |
| 22. n. (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins | |
| 23. v. To place or enclose in a cell. | |
| 24. n. (US, informal) A cellular phone. | |
