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A single-room dwelling for a hermit.

(now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.

A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.

A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. +

Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.

(biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.

(entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.

(obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.

A section or compartment of a larger structure.

(obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.

A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.

(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

(meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.

(cellular automata) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.

(card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.

A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.

(communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.

(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.

(geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.

(statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.

(architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

(architecture) A cella.

(entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.

To place or enclose in a cell.

(US, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone.