1. A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network using radio waves
   "She texted her friend using her new cellphone"; "In the UK, people often refer to cellphones as mobile phones";
   - cellular telephone, cellular phone, cell [N. Amer], mobile phone, mobile [Brit], cellular [N. Amer], mobe [informal]

1. Contact someone using a cellular phone
   "If the train is late, I will cell phone you"

Derived forms: cellphones

Type of: call, call up, phone, radiophone, radiotelephone, ring, telephone, wireless telephone

Encyclopedia: Cellphone