mobile phone

noun

1. any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.

mobile phone

noun

1. a portable telephone that works by means of a cellular radio system

Word History and Origins

Origin of mobile phone¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Prison guards in Lima found a contraband mobile phone in his prison cell that he claimed was given to him by the warden.

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The conflict between Israel and Gaza is still being waged, at least in a series of mobile phone games.

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“That is why we have more manpower this year,” commander Qari Talha told The Daily Beast over his mobile phone.

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Spacey was performing in the play Clarence Darrow when a mobile phone began ringing in the stalls.

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As late as 2001, there were only six mobile phone numbers listed in the ITD, the court heard.

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