cell in WordNet English dictionary

1. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
   cell  cadre 
   
2. (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
   cell 
   
3. a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
   cell  electric cell 
   
4. a room where a prisoner is kept
   cell  jail cell  prison cell 
   
5. small room in which a monk or nun lives
   cell  cubicle 
   
6. any small compartment
   "the cells of a honeycomb"
   cell 
   
7. a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
   cellular telephone  cellular phone  cellphone  cell  mobile phone