mobile phone

NOUN

cellular telephone

Synonyms

WEAK

car phone cell phone cell telephone cellular phone digital phone mobile telephone radiotelephone

Example Sentences

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His mobile phone will have been taken and he will have little contact with the outside world.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Mandao has been "in survival mode for several months," she said, with cascading power cuts braking home deliveries by disrupting mobile phone signals and leaving delivery drivers without power for their electric motorbikes.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

For a home user, that meant that an infected video-streaming device could be used to hack into someone’s mobile phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Volunteers being recruited only need a mobile phone to take part and do not have to live in the area.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 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