cellaret

American  

[sel-uh-ret] / ˌsɛl əˈrɛt /

Or cellarette

noun

1. a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.

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cellaret British  

/ ˌsɛləˈrɛt /

noun

1. a case, cabinet, or sideboard with compartments for holding wine bottles

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Etymology

Origin of cellaret

First recorded in 1800–10; cellar + -et

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Example Sentences

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cellaret

Adam was one of the first to assemble the pieces that later grew into the sideboard—a table, two pedestals, and a cellaret.

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Lucy Abbot Throop

By lowering and advancing the left shoulder, the vendor pours the contents of the cask through a small neck or pipe into the glasses, which he carries in a flat basket with cellaret partitions.

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells

Lexy folds his arms and leans against the cellaret in a high-spirited attitude.

From Candida by Bernard Shaw

He asked another question, in the same thick, hesitating way, as he moved across the carpet to the oak-and-silver cellaret.

From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan

Uncle Shadrach brought the bottle of Burgundy from the cellaret and placed it upon the table.

From The Battle Ground by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

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