cyte
/saɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
- A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
- A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
- Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
- Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
- A cellular phone.
- A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
- A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
- The central business district; downtown.
- A large amount of something (used after the noun).
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