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Webster 1913 Edition
Cellar
Cel′lar
,Noun.
[OE.
celer
, OF. celier
, F. celier
, fr. L. cellarium
a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella
storeroom. See Cell
.] A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cellar
CELLAR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cellar
cellar
English
Alternative forms
- seller (obsolete)
Noun
cellar (plural cellars)
- An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
- A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
- (slang) Last place in a league or competition.
- (historical) A small dish for holding salt.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
underground space
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wine collection
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slang: last place in competition
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Verb
cellar (third-person singular simple present cellars, present participle cellaring, simple past and past participle cellared)
- (transitive) To store in a cellar.
- 2008 June 25, Lucy Burningham, “Beer Lovers Make Room for Brews Worth a Wait”, in New York Times:
- Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.
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Etymology 2
From 15th Century English saler, from Old French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”)
Noun
cellar (plural cellars)