cellar
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cel·lar
(sĕl'ər) 
n.
To store in a cellar.
n.
- A room or enclosed space used for storage, usually beneath the ground or under a building.
- A basement.
- An underground shelter, as from storms.
- A wine cellar.
- Slang. The last place or lowest level, especially in competitive standings: The team came from the cellar to win the pennant.
To store in a cellar.
[Middle English celer, from Old French, from Late Latin cellārium, pantry, from Latin cella, storeroom.]
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Portion of a building beneath ground level, used for utilitarian and storage purposes. It is often called a basement, especially when constructed as part of a foundation. A cellar used for food storage (e.g., a root cellar) may be beneath a house or located outdoors, partly underground, with the upper part mounded over with earth to maintain fairly constant temperature and humidity; the entire enclosure may be concrete, or the floor may be of dirt and the ceiling of timber.
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1. A room (or several rooms, or the entire basement floor) that is partially or entirely below grade; relatively cool in the summer and above freezing in the winter; often used as storage space; provides some thermal insulation airspace between the ground or concrete slab and the flooring of the wood floor above.
2. That part of a building having at least half of its clear height below grade. Also see earth cellar, root cellar, storm cellar, basement.
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cellar
IN BRIEF: n. - The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; Storage space where wines are stored; An excavation where root vegetables are stored.
People used to store potatoes and onions in the cellar.
Tutor's tip: The "seller" (person who sells) found these antiques in a "cellar" (the basement of a house).
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The Dream Encyclopedia:
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Cellar
A lower level of a building is a natural symbol of the subconscious mind. Going down into the cellar may signify descending into one's stored (and perhaps repressed) past.
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categories related to 'cellar'
- Rooms - cellar: storage room beneath ground level; basement; cave
- General Sports Terminology
- Baseball - cellar: last place in a division or league
- Drinking Terms - cellar: stock of wines, usu. stored in cool basement
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Cellar
Dansk (Danish)
n. - kælder
v. tr. - oplagre i kælder
Nederlands (Dutch)
(wijn)kelder, opslaan in kelder
Français (French)
n. - cave
v. tr. - mettre en cave
Deutsch (German)
n. - Keller, Weinkeller
v. - einkellern, (übertr.) aufbewahren
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κελάρι (κρασιών κ.λπ.), οιναποθήκη
Italiano (Italian)
cantina, sotterraneo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - porão (m), celeiro (m)
Русский (Russian)
погреб, подвал
Español (Spanish)
n. - bodega, bóveda, sótano
v. tr. - depositar en bodega, bóveda o sótano
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - källare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
地窖, 酒窖, 地下室, 把...藏入地窖
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 地窖, 酒窖, 地下室
v. tr. - 把...藏入地窖
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지하실, 포도주 저장실, 최하위
v. tr. - 지하실에 저장하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 地下室, 貯蔵ぶどう酒, 最下位
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) سرداب, قبو
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מרתף, מחסן-יינות
v. tr. - שם או אחסן במרתף
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