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cellar definition

cel·lar (sel′ər)

noun

  1. a room or group of rooms below the ground level and usually under a building, often used for storing fuel, provisions, or wines
  2. a stock of wines kept in such a cellar

Etymology: ME celler < OFr celier < L cellarium, pantry, storeroom < cella: see cell

transitive verb

to store in a cellar
cellar Idioms

the cellar

☆
Informal the lowest position, as in the relative standing of competing teams

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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