cell vs den

cell

noun
  • A single-room dwelling for a hermit. 

  • A three-dimensional facet of a polytope. 

  • Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb. 

  • A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. 

  • A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. 

  • The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. 

  • The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior. 

  • A cella. 

  • An area of an insect wing bounded by veins. 

  • A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. 

  • A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. 

  • A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front. 

  • A section or compartment of a larger structure. 

  • A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. 

  • The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect. 

  • A cellular phone. 

  • In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed. 

  • The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect. 

  • A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode. 

  • Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. 

  • The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. 

  • A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network. 

verb
  • To place or enclose in a cell. 

den

noun
  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. 

  • Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”) 

  • A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together. 

  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. 

  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. 

verb
  • To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. 

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