storm cellar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of storm cellar
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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On a cool July morning, one of the dungeon’s black storm cellar doors was propped open for the first time during several days of visits.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2019
The paper that day also had an article that declared: “Don’t build a storm cellar yet!”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2018
He develops film in a makeshift darkroom in his storm cellar, though he has to keep an eye out for the occasional copperhead.
From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2017
Bolted down like a storm cellar door 58.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2016
More than once, I’d opened the storm cellar to the beckon of neon and the scent of buffalo stew.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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