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

On Friday evening the UK's mobile phone alert system was used to warn people not to light anything which could spark a wildfire, including barbecues and garden incinerators.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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

“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

Officers say the time matched the last known activity from Low's mobile phone.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Scarlett began to walk back down the hill—this was why she needed a mobile phone, she thought.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman