Cellphone
/ˈsɛlfoʊn/
Definitions
A mobile phone that connects to a cellular network.
/ˈsɛlfoʊn/
A portable telephone
My cellphone is ringing.
💡 Simply: It's like a regular phone, but you can take it anywhere because it connects to a giant network of tiny towers!
👶 For kids: It's a phone you can take with you anywhere!
More Examples
I need to charge my cellphone.
How It's Used
"I lost my cellphone yesterday."
"The new cellphone has advanced features."
Idioms & expressions
on the cellphone
Using a cellphone.
"He was on the cellphone for hours."
A blend of "cell" (referencing cellular network) and "phone" (telephone). Its usage became widespread with the development of mobile cellular networks in the late 20th century.
The term 'cellphone' gained widespread use in the 1980s and 1990s with the rise of mobile phone technology.
Memory tip
Think of 'cell' as in a small compartment of the network and 'phone' as the device.