cell

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. protoplasm; cage, jail; compartment, room, vault; dry or wet cell, battery. See organic matter, prison, abode.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Any small container or space]

Syn. compartment, cavity, receptacle; see container , hole 2 .

2. [A unit of a living organism]

Syn. corpuscle, cellule, microorganism, spore, organism, egg, protoplasm, cytoplasm, vacuole, protoplast, embryo, germ, follicle, red blood cell, erythrocyte, white blood cell, leukocyte, hemocyte.

3. [A small room]

Syn. cubicle, vault, hold, pen, cage, hole, coop, dungeon, keep, chamber, den, recess, retreat, alcove, niche, crypt, crib, nook, burrow, stall, closet, booth, cloister, antechamber, compartment, number, lockup*; see also room 2 .

4. [A unit of an organization]

Syn. group, block, claque, cadre; see faction 1 , organization 3 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. unit germ, microorganism, bacterium.

2. small room compartment, chamber, vault, keep, cloister, coop, booth, lockup.