cellar
English
Alternative forms
- seller (obsolete)
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
- Homophone: seller
- Hyphenation: cel‧lar
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
Noun
cellar (plural cellars)
- An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
- A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
- (slang) Last place in a league or competition.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
underground space
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wine collection
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slang: last place in competition
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Verb
cellar (third-person singular simple present cellars, present participle cellaring, simple past and past participle cellared)
- (transitive) To store in a cellar.
- 2008 June 25, Lucy Burningham, “Beer Lovers Make Room for Brews Worth a Wait”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.
Translations
to store in cellar
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Etymology 2
From 15th Century English saler, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French salière, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sal (“salt”)
Noun
cellar (plural cellars)
- salt cellar
- (historical) A small dish for holding salt.
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