cell
/sel/noun
उच्चारण सेल
कोशिका; कोठरी; सेल (बैटरी); प्रकोष्ठ
Basic word
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the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on its own; a small room in which a prisoner is locked; a device for producing electric current; a small group of people who work as part of a larger organization; (AmE) a mobile phone
कोशिका; कोठरी; सेल (बैटरी); प्रकोष्ठ
- red blood cells
- a prison cell
- a solar cell
+ 4 more examples
- All living things are made of cells.
- The thief spent a night in a police cell.
- This torch runs on a single cell.
- A cell of volunteers organised relief work in the flooded area.
Synonyms unit chamber compartment battery group
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cell (biology)
In biology a cell is the smallest unit of a living thing. The plural is cells, as in blood cells, nerve cells and plant cells.
जीव विज्ञान में 'cell' जीवित वस्तु की सबसे छोटी इकाई है। इसका plural 'cells' है, जैसे blood cells, nerve cells, plant cells।
- The human body is made up of billions of cells.
- A plant cell has a cell wall.
cell (room): prison or monastery
A cell is a small room for a prisoner or a monk. Use in a cell.
'Cell' कैदी या साधु का छोटा कमरा है। 'In a cell' कहा जाता है।
- The prisoner spent the night in a cell.
- The monk meditated in his small cell.
cell (group, battery, mobile)
Cell can also mean a small group within a larger organisation, a unit that stores electricity (a solar cell) or the American short form of cell phone.
'Cell' बड़े संगठन के भीतर छोटा समूह, बिजली संग्रह की इकाई (solar cell) या cell phone का अमेरिकी संक्षिप्त रूप भी हो सकता है।
- Police broke up a terrorist cell.
- A solar cell changes sunlight into electricity.
- Call me on my cell.
cell + noun
Cell often forms compounds: cell membrane, cell division, cell phone, cell wall, cell count.
'Cell' से कई compounds बनते हैं: cell membrane, cell division, cell phone, cell wall, cell count।
- The doctor checked the blood cell count.
- Cell division helps a body to grow.
cell vs cellular
Cell is the noun; cellular is the adjective, as in cellular structure. Cellphone is a separate compound.
'Cell' noun है; 'cellular' विशेषण है, जैसे cellular structure। 'Cellphone' अलग compound है।
- The cellular structure of the leaf was clear under the microscope.
+Collocations 5
adjective + cell
red bloodwhite bloodnervestemsolar
- Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body.
verb + cell
dividedamagerepairproducedestroy
- Cancer causes cells to divide without control.
prison cell
locked up inheld inthrown intoescaped fromshared a
- He was held in a cell overnight.
cell + noun
wallmembranenucleusdivisionstructure
- The nucleus is in the centre of the cell.
cell + group
terror cellsleeper cellparty cellresearch cellgrievance cell
- The college has a grievance cell for students.
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- Under the microscope, Radhika could see the onion cells clearly.
microscope में राधिका को प्याज़ की cells साफ़ दिखाई दीं।
- The cell phone signal was weak in the village.
गाँव में cell phone का signal कमज़ोर था।
- The accused sat in a cold, small cell.
अभियुक्त एक ठंडी, छोटी कोठरी में बैठा था।
- The women's cell in the college deals with complaints.
कॉलेज की महिला प्रकोष्ठ शिकायतों का निपटारा करती है।
- A battery is made up of several cells joined together.
Battery कई जुड़े हुए cells से बनी होती है।
- Radhika's cousin works in the research cell of a bank.
राधिका की चचेरी बहन एक बैंक के शोध प्रकोष्ठ में काम करती है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The body is consist of cells.
✓ The body consists of cells.
Consist is an active verb followed by of, not a passive.
'Consist' active verb है और इसके बाद 'of' आता है; इसका passive नहीं बनता।
✗ Cell is the smallest unit of life.
✓ The cell is the smallest unit of life.
A singular countable noun in a general statement needs the or a.
सामान्य कथन में singular countable noun के पहले 'the' या 'a' आता है।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
?Which word?
Homophone, asked very often: cell (a unit of life; a small room) and sell (exchange for money) are both /sel/.
Homophone बहुत पूछा जाता है: cell (जीवन की इकाई; छोटी कोठरी) और sell (बेचना) दोनों /sel/ हैं।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science GK, asked very often: Robert Hooke discovered the cell (1665) while looking at cork; the cell is called the basic unit of life; the nucleus controls the cell; mitochondria are the 'powerhouse of the cell'; plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts, but animal cells do not; the largest cell is the ostrich egg; the longest cell in the human body is the nerve cell (neuron).
विज्ञान GK में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: Robert Hooke ने कॉर्क देखते हुए कोशिका की खोज की (1665); कोशिका को जीवन की मूल इकाई कहा जाता है; केंद्रक कोशिका को नियंत्रित करता है; mitochondria 'कोशिका का पावरहाउस' हैं; पादप कोशिकाओं में कोशिका भित्ति और chloroplasts होते हैं, पर जंतु कोशिकाओं में नहीं; सबसे बड़ी कोशिका शुतुरमुर्ग का अंडा है; मानव शरीर की सबसे लंबी कोशिका तंत्रिका कोशिका (neuron) है।
The Cellular Jail (Port Blair) had separate cells for prisoners.
सेलुलर जेल (पोर्ट ब्लेयर) में क़ैदियों के लिए अलग-अलग कोठरियाँ थीं।