# celled

Pronunciation: say "SELD" /sɛld/

## Adjective

1. Containing cells; consisting of cellular units.
   - Simple: Made of cells, the tiny parts that make up living things.
   - _Botanists described the pith as loosely celled, with large gaps between the cells._
   - _The honeycomb-like, celled interior of the bone keeps it light yet strong._
2. Containing a particular number or form of cells, named by a preceding word.
   - Simple: Having a set number or type of cells, shown by the word in front of it.
   - _Botanists call the ovary three-celled when an inner partition divides it into three chambers._
   - _The young anther is four-celled, each pocket packed with developing pollen._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of cell. — simple past and past participle of cell
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of cell. Use this form for an action that already happened.
   - _The warden celled the suspects in separate wings to keep them from talking._
   - _Each prisoner was celled according to the severity of the offense._

## Origin

Formed from "cell" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/celled (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).