cellar
noun
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
cellars
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pluralof cellar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof cellar (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
cellarnouna room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
Example Sentences
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In cellars and basements across the city, African-Americans hosted parties where white and black New Yorkers regularly shared the dance floor, imbibed together and sometimes got into fisticuffs that prompted the intervention of neighborhood watchmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The state opening will begin at 09:30 when the royal bodyguards, known as the Yeoman of the Guard, conduct a ceremonial search of the cellars of the Palace of Westminster for explosives.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
“I have felt for a long time that there are thousands and thousands of American citizens with cellars full of guns,” Close said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
That preference held across a wide range of indoor environments, from science labs to art studios, locker rooms to wine cellars.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
I heard their laughter; they descended into the cellars.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
