Definition of cellar Cellar

/sɛˈlɚ/ - [seler] - cel•lar

We found 13 definitions of cellar from 6 different sources.

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What does cellar mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: cellars

cellar - storage space where wines are stored
  wine cellar
cellar - the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
  basement
  storey, story, level, floor a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
cellar - an excavation where root vegetables are stored
  root cellar
  excavation the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cellar (n.)
    A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • cellar
    The lowermost portion of a building, partly or wholly below ground level, often used for storage.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • cellar
    sel′ar, n. any underground room or vault: a cell underground, where stores are kept, esp. wine, &c.—v.t. to store in a cellar.—ns. Cell′arage, space for cellars: cellars: charge for storing in cellars; Cell′arer, Cell′arist, one who has charge of the cellar: an officer in a monastery who has the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; Cell′aret, an ornamental case for holding bottles; Cell′arman, one who has the care of a cellar.—adj. Cell′arous (Dickens), belonging to a cellar: excavated: sunken. [O. Fr. celier—L. cellariumcella.]

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  • cellar, verb, present, 1st person singular of cellar (infinitive).
  • cellar, verb (infinitive).
  • cellar, noun, singular of cellars.

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