cellar
Other forms: cellars
A cellar is a basic, unfinished basement. In a very old house, the cellar might have stone walls and a rough dirt floor.
Your cellar might basically be a basement, a place you keep your tools and do your laundry. Some cellars have specific purposes, including a storm cellar, where you take cover during a tornado or other storm, and a root cellar, where you store potatoes and other root vegetables during the cold months of the year. This kind of cellar comes the closest to the meaning of the Latin root, cellarium: "pantry or storeroom."
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the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
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an excavation where root vegetables are stored
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synonyms:
root cellar
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excavation
a hole in the ground made by excavating
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storage space
the area in any structure that provides space for storage
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excavation
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storage space where wines are stored
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synonyms:
wine cellar
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storage space
the area in any structure that provides space for storage
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storage space
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