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Cell Sel Small Blood Noun Bre Nucleus Photoelectric

Word cell
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / sel / NAmE / sel /
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  • blood cells
  • the nucleus of a cell
  • a photoelectric cell
  • a terrorist cell
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cell

(noun)BrE / sel / NAmE / sel /
  1. a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station
    • see also padded cell
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/padded-cell
  2. a small room without much furniture in which a monk or nun lives
  3. the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on its own. All plants and animals are made up of cells.
    • see also stem cell
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stem-cell
    • blood cells
    • the nucleus of a cell
  4. each of the small sections that together form a larger structure, for example a honeycomb
  5. a device for producing an electric current, for example by the action of chemicals or light
    • a photoelectric cell
  6. a small group of people who work as part of a larger political organization, especially secretly
    • a terrorist cell
  7. one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a single piece of data
    • = cell phone
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cell-phone

    Extra Examples

    • Cells divide and form new cells.
    • red and white blood cells
    • the proliferation of cells in leukaemia

    Word Origin

    • Old English, from Old French celle or Latin cella ‘storeroom or chamber’.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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