mobile phone

American  

noun

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

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mobile phone British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of mobile phone

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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mobile phone

“I was there at the start of the mobile phone revolution,” she told me, recalling her time at Qualcomm when her team believed that mobile phones would eventually replace all phone booths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Constitutional Council did not rule on a separate provision banning mobile phone use in high schools from September 1.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

A mobile phone ban in Edinburgh schools has come into force - despite pouches to secure the devices not being available yet.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

But it admitted its audit suffered from limitations, such as the executive in charge of planning the campaign refusing to surrender their mobile phone.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

He read from a law passed just a year earlier that made it a class A misdemeanor to drive carelessly for any number of reasons, including using a mobile phone.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel