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mobile phone

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noun

any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.

Also called mobile telephone.

Origin of mobile phone

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby mobile phone

mobile bay, mobile command, mobile device, mobile home, mobile library, mobile phone, mobile unit, mobile web, mobility, mobility housing, mobilize

Example sentences from the Web for mobile phone

There you can find out exactly what kind of a shadow your computer and mobile-phone usage casts.

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Merely acquiring a mobile-phone account remains an exercise in red tape and graft.

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Right now, there are different models for the two kinds of mobile-phone networks.

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Many were anxiously trying to reach family and friends, because a number of mobile-phone lines had been disrupted.

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After all, this is the supermodel known as much for her beauty as for mobile-phone assaults on her staff.

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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