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noun

cellphone

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

In a sentence

Six example sentences with cellphone, each labelled with its topic.

  • Border agents waved us through only after we powered down every cellphone and stowed it in the glove box.

    Travel

  • Students who left the cellphone in a locker outside the exam room reported far less anxiety during the test.

    Psychology

  • Dropped calls on the ridge stopped once the carrier added a tower, giving each cellphone a stronger signal.

    Technology

  • The first cellphone call was placed on a Manhattan sidewalk in 1973 from a handset the size of a brick.

    History

  • In Kenya a cellphone became a bank account, letting farmers send money home without a branch for miles around.

    Economics

  • The court ruled in 2014 that police need a warrant before searching a cellphone taken from someone under arrest.

    Law

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