cella — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cave noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
- cell noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
- cellar noun An underground room, often used for storage.
- honeycomb verb To riddle something with small holes or tunnels, as bees do with a hive.
Senses
cella is used for these senses in English:
- cave A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- cellar A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
- honeycomb (uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.
cave — full definition
- noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
- noun Informally, a private room or space someone retreats to (a "man cave").
- verb To give in or surrender, especially after resisting.
- verb To collapse inward.
cell — full definition
- noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
- noun A small locked room in a prison or police station.
- noun A device that stores electrical energy, used alone or grouped into a battery.
- noun A small group forming part of a larger, often secretive, organization.