cellar
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cellar
a storage room, wholly or partly underground: They have a wine cellar to keep wine at an appropriate temperature.
Not to be confused with:
seller – one who sells services, food, merchandise, etc.: She was the real estate company’s top seller.
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cel·lar
(sĕl′ər)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 cellārium, pantry, from Latin cella, storeroom; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]
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cellar
(ˈsɛlə)n
1. (Architecture) an underground room, rooms, or storey of a building, usually used for storage. Compare basement
2. (Brewing) a place where wine is stored
3. (Brewing) a stock of bottled wines
vb
(tr) to store in a cellar
[C13: from Anglo-French, from Latin cellārium food store, from cella cella]
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cel•lar
(ˈsɛl ər)n., v. -lared, -lar•ing. n.
1. a room, or set of rooms, wholly or partly underground and usu. beneath a building.
2. an underground room or story.
3. wine cellar.
4. the last place in a competitive ranking or standings.
v.t. 5. to place or store in a cellar.
[1175–1225; Middle English celer < Anglo-French < Latin cellārium storeroom =cell(a) cell + -ārium -ary]
cel′lar•less, adj.
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Cellar
a place for storing wine, hence, the wine bottles collectively.Example: cellar of bottles, 1627.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
cellar
Past participle: cellared
Gerund: cellaring
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Cellar
A small underground or partially underground room separate from other buildings. Affluent farms usually had cellars with masonry walls and concrete tops, but it was not unusual for the walls to be of loose rocks, and the top of logs covered with two feet or so of dirt. To minimize digging, the room was often not completely below the original dirt surface, but had the dirt that was removed from the hole heaped up around the part of the room above the original ground level. In cold climates, food was stored in the cellar to keep it from freezing in the winter. In warm climates, the cellar was used to provide a cool place for keeping food (e.g. milk and butter) during the summer. In tornado-prone regions, the primary function of a cellar was to provide protection from tornadoes.
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| Noun | 1. |  cellar - the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storagecellarage - a storage area in a cellar |
| 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. |  cellar - storage space where wines are storedstorage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage |
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Translations
sklep
kælder
kellarijumbosija
podrum
kjallari
地下室
지하실
pivnica
klet
källare
ห้องใต้ดิน
hầm chứa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cellar
[ˈsɛlər] n → cave fa wine cellar → une cave à vinscell biology n → biologie f cellulairecell division n (BIOLOGY) → division f cellulaire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cellar
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cellar
(ˈselə) noun a room, especially underground, especially for stores of coal or wine.
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cellar
→ قَبْو sklep kælder Keller κελάρι sótano kellari cave podrum cantina 地下室 지하실 kelder kjeller piwnica cave погреб källare ห้องใต้ดิน mahzen hầm chứa 地窖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009