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1.nounA single-room dwelling for a hermit.
2.nounA small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
3.nounA small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person."Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell."
4.nounA room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates."The combatants spent the night in separate cells."
5.nounEach of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
6.nounAny of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
7.nounThe discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
8.nounSpecifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
9.nounA section or compartment of a larger structure.
10.nounAny small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
11.nounA device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery."This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells."
12.nounThe basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
13.nounA small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front."There is a powerful storm cell headed our way."
14.nounThe minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior."The upper right cell always starts with the color green."
15.nounIn FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
16.nounA small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one."Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization."
17.noun(communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode."Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells."
18.noun(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network."I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower."
19.nounA three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
20.nounThe unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
21.nounThe space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
22.nounA cella.
23.nounAn area of an insect wing bounded by veins
24.verbTo place or enclose in a cell.