vegetable cellar

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noun

a usually underground storage room where fresh vegetables can be stored at normally cool temperatures for later use.

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Origin of vegetable cellar

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby vegetable cellar

vegan, vegeburger, Vegemite, vegetable, vegetable butter, vegetable cellar, vegetable ivory, vegetable kingdom, vegetable marrow, vegetable oil, vegetable oyster

How to use vegetable cellar in a sentence

Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The wine cellar—one of the best in the world—survived World War II and is guarded around the clock.
Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants|Justin Jones|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition, he had made prudent investments and, except for his wine cellar, did not live lavishly.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three were predictable: The Italians and French were, of course, wine imbibers and the Germans were deep in the beer cellar.
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We were made to stand against a wall in a barely lit cellar area, where a large man looked at us forbiddingly.
Sex, Blood, and Screaming: Blackout’s Dark Frights|Tim Teeman|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First the chimneys sank down through the roof, as if they were being lowered into the cellar.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Grain merchants and vegetable dealers jostled each other in the streets themselves.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Clodd tells us that one cubic inch of rotten stone contains 41 thousand million vegetable skeletons of diatoms.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Why, I know not what you call it; but if the house were turned topsy turvy, I should be in the cellar.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Even slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd