mobile phone
noun
any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
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Also called mobile telephone.
Origin of mobile phone
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby mobile phone
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British Dictionary definitions for mobile phone
mobile phone
noun
a portable telephone that works by means of a cellular radio system
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