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cellar

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlə/
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Definition of cellar

noun

  • a room below ground level in a house, often used for storing wine or coal: the servants led us down into a cellar a wine cellar
  • a stock of wine: he spent years building up a remarkable cellar of aged Riojas

verb

[with object]
  • store (wine) in a cellar: it is drinkable now but can be cellared for at least five years

Origin:

Middle English (in the general sense 'storeroom'): from Old French celier, from late Latin cellarium 'storehouse', from Latin cella 'storeroom or chamber'

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