cellar
/'selə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- An underground room used for storage: A cellar is a room or set of rooms below the ground level of a building, typically used for storing food, wine, or other items.
- A specific storage space for wine: A cellar can refer specifically to a place where wine is stored and aged.
- The lowest habitable story of a building, partly below ground: In architecture, the cellar is the lowermost portion of a structure, often used for storage or utilities.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- We keep our canned goods and preserves in the cellar.
- He has an impressive wine cellar with bottles from all over the world.
- The furnace and water heater are located in the cellar.
Advanced Usage
"from cellar to rafter": throughout the entire building; completely.
- The old mansion was searched from cellar to rafter, but the missing documents were never found.
"to have a good cellar": to possess a well-stocked collection of wine.
- The restaurant is known to have a good cellar, featuring many rare vintages.
Variants and Related Words
- Cellarage (n): Storage space in a cellar; the charge for storing goods in a cellar.
- Cellarer (n): A person in charge of the cellar in a monastery or a large household, especially one in charge of provisions.
Synonyms
- Basement: The floor of a building partly or entirely below ground level.
- Vault: A secure room, often underground, used for storage.
- Crypt: An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.
Related Phrases
- Cyclone cellar / storm cellar: An underground shelter for protection from violent storms or tornadoes.
- When the tornado siren sounded, the family rushed to their storm cellar.
Idioms
- "To be sent to the cellar": To be severely defeated or demoted.
- After their terrible performance, the team was sent to the cellar of the league standings.
Noun
- storage space where wines are stored
- an excavation where root vegetables are stored
- the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage