cell

Other forms of cell

plural

cells·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cell

What does cell mean?

cell means "any small compartment". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cell?

cell has 1 syllable: cell. In IPA it is /ˈsɛl/.

What is another word for cell?

Close synonyms include electric cell, cadre, cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cell a common word?

cell is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cell?

9 words rhyme with cell. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.