cell

Universal Words noun 1 a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station seealsoPADDEDCELL 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: red 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