Read the dictionary definition of cell. All definitions for this word.
1. (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
2. a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
3. a room where a prisoner is kept
4. small room in which a monk or nun lives
5. any small compartment
1. the cells of a honeycomb
6. a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
7. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement