cell

noun

/sel/

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the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on its own. All plants and animals are made up of cells.
- red and white blood cells
- brain/nerve/cancer cells
- the nucleus of a cell
- Cells divide and form new cells.
see also stem cell
Homophones cell | sell
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/sel/

/sel/
- cell noun
  Genes for human skin exist in every human cell.
- sell verb
  He suggests she sell her house and go to Brazil with him.
Wordfinder
- biology
- biotechnology
- breed
- cell
- chromosome
- DNA
- gene
- mutation
- organism
- protein
Topics Biologyb2, Bodyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dead
- living
- healthy
- …
verb + cell
- create
- form
- grow
- …
cell + verb
- divide
- develop
- form
- …
cell + noun
- division
- growth
- proliferation
- …
phrases
- the nucleus of a cell
See full entry
a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station
- in a cell He spent a night in a prison cell.
see also padded cell
Wordfinder
- cell
- death row
- discharge
- justice
- parole
- prison
- probation
- remission
- sentence
- warder
Topics Crime and punishmentb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- monk’s
- nun’s
- jail
- …
preposition
- in a/the cell
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a small room without much furniture in which a monk or nun lives
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- monk’s
- nun’s
- jail
- …
preposition
- in a/the cell
See full entry
each of the small sections that together form a larger structure, for example a honeycomb
a device for producing an electric current, for example by the action of chemicals or light
- a photoelectric cell
a small group of people who work as part of a larger political organization, especially secretly
- a terrorist cell
one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a single piece of data
(especially North American English, informal)
(also cell phone, cellular phone (both especially North American English), British English mobile phone, mobile)
a phone that does not have wires and works by radio, and that you can carry with you and use anywhere
- Call me on my cell.

Word OriginOld English, from Old French celle or Latin cella ‘storeroom or chamber’.

单词	cell
释义	cell noun /sel/ /sel/ jump to other results the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on its own. All plants and animals are made up of cells. red and white blood cells brain/nerve/cancer cells the nucleus of a cell Cells divide and form new cells. see also stem cell Homophones cell \| sellcell sell /sel/ /sel/ cell noun Genes for human skin exist in every human cell. sell verb He suggests she sell her house and go to Brazil with him. Wordfinder biology biotechnology breed cell chromosome DNA gene mutation organism protein Topics Biologyb2, Bodyb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dead living healthy … verb + cell create form grow … cell + verb divide develop form … cell + noun division growth proliferation … phrases the nucleus of a cell See full entry a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station in a cell He spent a night in a prison cell. see also padded cell Wordfinder cell death row discharge justice parole prison probation remission sentence warder Topics Crime and punishmentb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective monk’s nun’s jail … preposition in a/the cell See full entry a small room without much furniture in which a monk or nun lives Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective monk’s nun’s jail … preposition in a/the cell See full entry each of the small sections that together form a larger structure, for example a honeycomb a device for producing an electric current, for example by the action of chemicals or light a photoelectric cell a small group of people who work as part of a larger political organization, especially secretly a terrorist cell one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a single piece of data (especially North American English, informal) (also cell phone, cellular phone (both especially North American English), British English mobile phone, mobile) a phone that does not have wires and works by radio, and that you can carry with you and use anywhere Call me on my cell. Word OriginOld English, from Old French celle or Latin cella ‘storeroom or chamber’.
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