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Call me on my cell.

cel • lar / ' sebr / noun [ count ]

a room in the part of a building that is under the ground a wine cellar

—Look at basement .

cel • lo / ' tfelou / noun [ count ] ( plural cel . los ) ( music ) a large wooden musical instrument with strings. You sit down to play it and hold it between your knees. Look at the picture at instrument .

cell phoneФ / ' sel foun / ( also cell . phone )

( also informal cell / sel / ) noun [ count ]

a telephone that you can carry around with you I won't be in the office today, but you can reach me on my cell phone.

What's your cell phone number? Word building Cell phones Cell phones can be used anywhere there is a signal . If you call someone but cannot get through , you can leave a message on their voice mail or you can text them (= send them a text message ) .

When the battery in your phone runs out , you have to recharge it.

—Look at the note at phone 1 .

Cel • si • us / ' selsbs / ( also cen . ti . grade ) noun

[ noncount ] ( abbreviation C )

( general science ) a way of measuring temperature. Water freezes at o° Celsius and boils at 100° Celsius .

—Look at Fahrenheit .

ce • ment / sэ 'ment / noun [ noncou nt ]

a gray powder that becomes hard like stone when you mix it with water and leave it to dry. Cement is used in building for sticking bricks or stones together, or for making very hard surfaces.

cem • e • ter • y / ' semэ_lteri / noun [ count ]

( plural cem . e . ter . ies )

( religion ) an area of ground where dead people are put under the earth

cen • sor / ' sensar / verb ( cen sors,cen . sor ing ,cen sored )

to remove the parts of a book, movie, etc. that might upset people or that contain secret information ►cen • sor • ship / ' sensarjip / noun [ noncount ] government censorship of radio and television programs

cen • sus / ' sensas / noun [ count ] ( plural cen . sus .es )

the act of officially counting all the people who live in a country, and finding information about them The last census took place in 2010.

Cent Ф / sent / noun [ count ]

a small coin or unit of money. There are 100 cents in a dollar.

Look at penny .

cen .ter Ф / 'sentar/ noun

[count]

1 the part in the middle of something

The flower has a yellow center with white petals.

don't like having the center seat on an airplane.

Look at the picture at circle .

a place where people come to do a particular activity a shopping center

The hotel has a new fitness center.

( sports ) a player whose position is in the middle in sports like basketball

cen • ti • grade / 'sentagreid / noun [noncount] ( general science ) another word for Celsius cen • ti • li • ter / ' sentalitar / noun [ count ] ( abbreviation cl )

( general science ) a measure of liquid. There are 100 centiliters in a liter .

cen .ti .me .ter Ф / 'sentalitar / noun

[ count ] ( abbreviation cm )

a measure of length. There are 100 centimeters in a meter .

cen • ti • pede / ' sentapid / noun [ count ]

a small animal like an insect, with a long thin body and very many legs

cen .tral Ф / s ntrol / adjective

in the middle part of something

The hotel is in a central location, close to downtown and the airport.

cen .tu . ry Ф / 'sentPari / noun [ count ] ( plural cen . tu . ries )

a period of 100 years

People have been making wine in this area for centuries. We are living at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

ce .re .al /'зп-ы/

noun

[ count, noncount ]

1 a food made from grain, which you can eat for breakfast with milk

had a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

a plant that farmers grow so that we can eat the grain

cereal

a bowl of cereal

Wheat and oats are cereals.

cer .e .mo .ny Ф/ 'seremouni/ noun

[ count ]