# mobile phone

Pronunciation: US say "moh-buhl FOHN" /ˌmoʊbəl ˈfoʊn/; UK say "moh-byl FOHN" /ˌməʊbaɪl ˈfəʊn/

## Noun

1. A portable telephone that connects to the telephone network by radio, as through a cellular network.
   - Simple: A phone you carry with you that connects by radio signals instead of wires.
   - _She used her mobile phone to call for help when the car broke down on the highway._
   - _Mobile phones must be switched off and left at the door of the exam hall._

## Origin

From mobile + phone.

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