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cellar

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cel·lar  (slr)
n.
1. A room or enclosed space used for storage, usually beneath the ground or under a building.
2. A basement.
3. An underground shelter, as from storms.
4. A wine cellar.
5. Slang The last place or lowest level, especially in competitive standings: The team came from the cellar to win the pennant.
tr.v. cel·lared, cel·lar·ing, cel·lars
To store in a cellar.

[Middle English celer, from Old French, from Late Latin cellrium, pantry, from Latin cella, storeroom; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

cellar [ˈsɛlə]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an underground room, rooms, or storey of a building, usually used for storage Compare basement
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a place where wine is stored
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a stock of bottled wines
vb
(tr) to store in a cellar
[from Anglo-French, from Latin cellārium food store, from cella cella]

Cellar a place for storing wine, hence, the wine bottles collectively.
Example: cellar of bottles, 1627.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cellarcellar - the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
cellarage - a storage area in a cellar
storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
2.cellar - an excavation where root vegetables are stored
excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating
storage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage
3.cellarcellar - storage space where wines are stored
storage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage
Translations
cellar [ˈseləʳ] Nsótano m; (for wine) → bodega f
to keep a good cellartener buena bodega

cellar [ˈsɛlər] ncave f
a wine cellar → une cave à vins
cell biology nbiologie f cellulaire
cell division n (BIOLOGY)division f cellulaire

cellar
nKeller m; he keeps an excellent cellarer hat einen ausgezeichneten Weinkeller

cellar [ˈsɛləʳ] ncantina
cellar [ˈsɛləʳ] ncantina

cellar
n cellar [ˈselə]
a room, especially underground, especially for stores of coal or wine. kelder قَبْـو изба sklep kælder der Keller κελάρι sótano, bodega kelder زیرزمین؛ سردابه kellari cave מַרתֵף तंग कोठरी podrum, pivnica pince ruang bawah tanah kjallari cantina 地下室 지하 저장실 rūsys pagrabs bilik bawah tanah kelder kjeller piwnica cave pivniţă подвал; погреб pivnica klet podrum källare ห้องใต้ดิน mahzen, bodrum 地窖 льох, погріб کال کوٹھڑی hầm chứa

cellar قبو sklep kælder Keller κελάρι sótano kellari cave podrum cantina 地下室 지하실 kelder kjeller piwnica cave, porão погреб källare ห้องใต้ดิน mahzen hầm chứa 地窖


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It passed, scrap- ing faintly across the cellar door.
One day she accompanied me, upon some household errand, into the cellar of the old building which our poverty compelled us to inhabit.
At last she came to the cellar, and there sat a very, very old woman, who could not keep her head from shaking.
 
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