mobiles

Crib ceiling danglers

Mobiles is the plural of mobile, which has two primary senses.

A mobile is a hanging sculpture with parts that move freely in air currents, often hung over cribs: The baby watched the mobiles spin above her.

In British English, mobile (short for mobile phone) means cell phone: I left my mobile at home.

The adjective mobile means capable of movement: mobile units, upwardly mobile.

phones

cell phones

Wireless handheld communication devices

cellular · wireless · telecommunications · Nokia · flip phone · touchscreen · apps · texting · calling · network

kinetic

motion

Change in position

pivot · oscillation · spin · sway · air current · breeze · dynamics · momentum · balance · counterweight

sculpture

Calder

Mobile art originator

metal · shapes · abstract · biomorphic · assemblage · three-dimensional · counterweight · balance · gallery · museum

hanging

nursery

Room for infants

decoration · ceiling · suspend · dangle · flutter · hook · swivel · rotate · spin · drift

Categories
Opposites
movement capability

mobilesstationary

Not in motion

fixed · immobile · static · immovable · anchored

portability (devices)

mobileslandlines

Stationary wired telephones

home phones · payphones · telephones · desktop computers · rotary phones

physical fixity (general)

mobilesfixtures

Permanently attached equipment

immovables · permanents

Phrases
Family

mobile, mobility, automobile, mobilize, immobile, immobility, mobilized, mobilization, demobilize

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G