cellar
A cellar is a basement space or a space below the main levels of a house, often used to stockpile of wine or other provisions.
(noun)- Your basement floor below the first floor of your home is an example of a cellar.
- Your collection of 200 bottles of wine is an example of a wine cellar.
The definition of cellar is to store wine in a special room, usually below ground, that is an optimal temperature or provides optimal storage conditions.
(verb)When you put a new bottle of wine you have bought into a room where you already have 100 bottles of wine, this is an example of when you cellar the wine.
See cellar in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a room or group of rooms below the ground level and usually under a building, often used for storing fuel, provisions, or wines
- a stock of wines kept in such a cellar
Origin: ME celler < OFr celier < L cellarium, pantry, storeroom < cella: see cell
transitive verb
See cellar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- 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.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English celer
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Late Latin cellārium, pantry
Origin: , from Latin cella, storeroom; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots
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