cell phone

cell phone

US /ˈsel foʊn/ 
UK /ˈsel fəʊn/ 

a telephone that does not have wires and works by radio, that you can carry with you and use anywhere

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Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

I talked to her on my cell phone. 

من با موبایل با او حرف زدم.

cell phone users 

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

cellphone

 American English for mobile phone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

cellphone

cellphone S2 W3 BrE AmE, ˈcell phone /ˈselfəʊn $ -foʊn/ noun [countable] especially American English

a cellular telephone SYN mobile phone British English

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cell phone

 

ˈcell phone f31 [cell phone]   [ˈselfəʊn]    [ˈselfoʊn]  (also ˌcellular ˈphone, informal cell) (especially NAmE) (BrE usually ˌmobile ˈphone, mo·bile) noun
a telephone that does not have wires and works by radio, that you can carry with you and use anywhere
cell phone users
I talked to her on my cell phone.
The use of cellular phones is not permitted on most aircraft.
See also: cell  cellular phone  mobile  mobile phone  
Collocations:
Phones
Making and receiving phone calls
the phone/telephone rings
answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone
lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver
dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
call sb/talk (to sb)/speak (to sb) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office
make/get/receive a phone call
take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)
the line is (BrE) engaged/ (especially NAmE) busy
the phones have been (NAmE) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
put sb through/get through to the person you want to speak to
put sb on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)
call from/use a landline
Mobile/cell phones
be/talk on a (both BrE) mobile phone/mobile/(especially NAmE) cell phone/(informal, especially NAmE) cell
use/answer/call (sb on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
(BrE) top up your mobile (phone)
send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax

insert/remove/change a SIM card

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cellphone

cellphone /ˈsel.fəʊn/ US /-foʊn/
noun [C] (ALSO cellular phone)
a mobile (phone)

 

mobile (phone)

mobile (phone) MAINLY UK noun [C] (US USUALLY cellphone)
a telephone which is connected to the telephone system by radio, rather than by a wire, and can therefore be used anywhere where its signals can be received.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

cellphone

[se̱lfoʊn]
 cellphones
 also cell-phone
 N-COUNT

 A cellphone is the same as a cellular phone. [INFORMAL]
 Syn:
 cellular phone, mobile phone

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