Definitions

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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It is believed the fire started after a row about a mobile phone.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The suspect was accompanied by a second person, who appeared to be taking photos and videos with a mobile phone but who fled when police arrived.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

While searching Angela's home, police found her mobile phone and a dictaphone hidden in a wardrobe.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Abu Raya showed a video on his mobile phone of his wife and daughter when they were out in the road during an alert.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

In the 1970s, no educationist would have predicted the explosion in universal written communication caused by the personal computer, the internet and the key-pad of the mobile phone.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author