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subcellar

American  
[suhb-sel-er] / ˈsʌbˌsɛl ər /

noun

  1. a cellar below the main cellar.


Etymology

Origin of subcellar

First recorded in 1850–55; sub- + cellar

Example Sentences

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Gisele van der Gracht's Amsterdam apartment was a station in the subcellar underground.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a subcellar of Frankfurt, five stories beneath what was once the famed Opera House, reporters found an order of Catholic nuns.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the subcellar was nothing but a litter of wine bottles, and an empty hole.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fieri opened a door, stepped out into an air intake shaft over the J. P. Morgan & Co. building next door, dropped 165 ft. into a subcellar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twenty-two more steps and they were at the subcellar, The tunnels here were cramped and crooked, black wormholes twisting through the heart of the great rock.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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