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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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

It operates a satellite TV business, a mobile phone operation and satellite services.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

A Department for Education spokesperson previously said the majority of schools already prohibited phones and that mobile phone policies would be monitored as part of Ofsted inspections.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He got his mobile phone out and turned it off.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd