cellar

[ sel-er ]
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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.

  1. 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.

Origin of cellar

1
1175–1225; Middle English celer<Anglo-French <Latin cellārium storeroom, equivalent to cell(a) cell + -ārium-ary; later respelling to reflect Latin form; see -er2, -ar2

Other words from cellar

  • cel·lar·less, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for cellar

cellar

/ (ˈsɛlə) /


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

  2. a place where wine is stored

  1. a stock of bottled wines

verb
  1. (tr) to store in a cellar

Origin of cellar

1
C13: from Anglo-French, from Latin cellārium food store, from cella cella

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