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mobile phones

Etymology

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From mobile +‎ phone.

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mobile phone (plural mobile phones)

  1. A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network over radio wave transmission.
    Synonyms: cellular, cellular mobile, cellular phone, cellular telephone, cell (mainly US, Canada, and New Zealand), cellphone / cell phone (mainly US, Canada, New Zealand, and Philippines), handphone (mainly Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Hawaii, and Singapore), mobile (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore), mobile telephone
    Hypernym: phone
    Hyponyms: feature phone, smartphone

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