cellar
/ˈsɛləɹ/ noun B2- An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter. · The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
- A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar. · The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
- Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place. · The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
Plural cellars
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There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path.
“Run for the cellar!”
“I never in all my life saw or heard anything to equal her,” muttered Marilla, beating a retreat down to the cellar after potatoes.
Anne had relapsed into reverie, with her chin in her hands and her eyes on the sky, when Marilla returned from her cellar pilgrimage.
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