noun
plural cells
[count] a room in a prison, jail, etc., where prisoners live or are kept
a small room that one person (such as a monk or a nun) lives in
any one of the very small parts that together form all living things
any one of many similar sections that together form a larger structure
technical
a container for holding substances that are used for producing electricity by chemical action
a device for changing light (such as sunlight) into electricity
a small group of people who work together secretly as part of a larger organization or group
US informal :cell phone
computers :a space where information can be entered in an organized arrangement of rows and columns :a unit in a table or spreadsheet - see picture at table
US