cellar.
An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
Meaning & usage
An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.
The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
A basement.
Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
salt cellar
Where this word comes from
From 15th century English saler, from French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”).
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