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cellar

  (sĕl'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A room or enclosed space used for storage, usually beneath the ground or under a building.
  2. A basement.
  3. An underground shelter, as from storms.
  4. A wine cellar.
  5. Slang. The last place or lowest level, especially in competitive standings: The team came from the cellar to win the pennant.
tr.v., -lared, -lar·ing, -lars.

To store in a cellar.

[Middle English celer, from Old French, from Late Latin cellārium, pantry, from Latin cella, storeroom.]


 
 
Antonyms: cellar

n

Definition: underground story of building
Antonyms: attic


 

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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Architecture: cellar


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.


 
Word Tutor: cellar
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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.

pronunciation 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).

 
Translations: Translations for: 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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