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cell

(s/E/l )

any small compartment(noun.artifact)

Example:
The cells of a honeycomb.

source: wordnet30
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals(noun.tops)

source: wordnet30
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
electric cell

source: wordnet30
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement(noun.group)

Synonym:
cadre

source: wordnet30
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone

source: wordnet30
small room in which a monk or nun lives(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cubicle

source: wordnet30
a room where a prisoner is kept(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
jail cell, prison cell

source: wordnet30
A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.(noun)

source: webster1913

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