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cellar

[sel-er]

noun

  1. a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.

  2. an underground room or story.

  3. wine cellar.

  4. Sports.the lowest position in a group ranked in order of games won.

    The team was in the cellar for most of the season.



verb (used with object)

  1. to place or store in a cellar.

cellar

/ ˈɛə /

noun

  1. an underground room, rooms, or storey of a building, usually used for storage Compare basement

  2. a place where wine is stored

  3. a stock of bottled wines

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to store in a cellar

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cellarless adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cellar1

1175–1225; Middle English celer < Anglo-French < Latin ܳ storeroom, equivalent to cell ( a ) cell + -ary; later respelling to reflect Latin form; -er 2, -ar 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cellar1

C13: from Anglo-French, from Latin ܳ food store, from cella cella
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“We did create a little secret room, which has been through different iterations. Last season, it was a wine cellar you access through the bookcase.”

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Both were once married or partnered up, but now they’re all living single and happy to partake in Bunny’s bottomless bar and wine cellar.

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She takes me down to her cellar to taste some of her prized red wines, standing among the oak barrels and old bottles with labels weathered by mould and age.

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Upbeat music booms over the speakers, and laughter fills the lively space, which is adorned with marble walls, a massive wine cellar and a nearly $2-million Swedish sports car on display.

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Another friend, Kateryna, tells me that someone she knows in the occupied part of Kherson region was thrown into a punishment cellar for talking to her brother who had been helping the Ukrainian army.

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