cell

noun

1. 1

   (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

2. 2

   a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

3. 3

   a room where a prisoner is kept

4. 4

   small room in which a monk or nun lives

5. 5

   any small compartment

   the cells of a honeycomb

6. 6

   a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

7. 7

   a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement