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cells

SaySELZ/sɛlz/

2 meanings of cells

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of cell. Use this form when you mean more than one cell.

    The microscope showed thousands of tiny cells in the leaf sample.

    Guards checked the locked cells before midnight.

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  2. 2
    verb
    The form of cell used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

    The prison cells new arrivals away from the older inmates.

    The jail cells each new prisoner alone for the first night.

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cells is a form of cell

cell, noun: The smallest building block of a living thing, usually able to make proteins and copy itself. Full entry

Forms
cellcells plural
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cell → cells: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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