cell

From Wiktionary

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• IPA: /sɛl/
• SAMPA: /sEl/

[change] Homophones

• cel
• sell

[change] Noun

Singular cell

Plural cells

1. (countable) A cell is a room in a jail where prisoners are kept.

   He was arrested and kept in a small cell for one day.

2. (countable) A cell is a unit of a living organism.

   A plant cell has a cell wall.