Definition

1. 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

1. storage space where wines are stored
2. an excavation where root vegetables are stored
3. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage