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
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