Definition

1. Noun:
   • A storage area in a cellar: The space or capacity of a cellar, used for storing goods, especially wine or other provisions.
   • A charge for storing goods in a cellar: The fee or rent paid for the use of a cellar as a storage space.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Storage Area):

  • The winery's extensive cellarage was filled with oak barrels.
  • They needed more cellarage to accommodate the year's harvest.

• Noun (Charge/Fee):

  • The cellarage for keeping the wine at a constant temperature was quite high.
  • The merchant paid the monthly cellarage to the warehouse owner.

Advanced Usage

• "To pay cellarage": To pay a fee for storage in a cellar.
  • We must pay the cellarage by the end of the quarter.

Variants and Related Words

• Cellar (n): A room below ground level in a building, often used for storage.
  • The old house had a damp, dark cellar.
• Cellarer (n): A person in charge of the cellar in a monastery or large household; a steward.
  • The cellarer was responsible for the monastery's provisions.

Synonyms

• Storage space: Area used for keeping items.
• Storage fee: Charge for keeping goods stored.

Related Phrases

• In cellarage: Being stored in a cellar.
  • The vintage port has been in cellarage for twenty years.

Noun

1. a storage area in a cellar
2. a charge for storing goods in a cellar