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celled

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3 meanings of celled

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Made of cells, the tiny parts that make up living things.

    Like a sponge or a piece of cork: full of tiny hollow spaces.

    Cork is a celled material, full of tiny air pockets you can barely see.

    Sponges have a soft, celled body that soaks up water like a towel.

    Similarcellular, honeycombed

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  2. 2
    adjectivein compounds
    Having a set number or type of cells, shown by the word in front of it.

    Like an ice cube tray made with a set number of small cups.

    A pea pod is two-celled, holding its seeds in two neat rows.

    Some flowers grow from a three-celled base that splits into three parts.

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  3. 3
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of cell. Use this form for an action that already happened.

    The guards celled the new arrival on the upper floor.

    They celled the two men apart after the argument.

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celled is a form of cell

cell, verb: To put someone into a small locked room or prison cell. Full entry

Forms
cellcells he/she/itcelling -ing formcelled past tense, past participle
Spelling
cell → celled: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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Origin

From the word "cell" plus "-ed".