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The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; Storage space where wines are stored; An excavation where root vegetables are stored.

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Usage examples (36)
  • People used to store potatoes and onions in the cellar.
  • Mr Haq bustled off to what he called his cellar through the fronds of polyethylene Spanish moss.
  • Stopped BUYING wine; once full cellar is now empty
  • The National Liberal Club's wine cellar is London's first tube railway
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  • The "seller" (person who sells) found these antiques in a "cellar" (the basement of a house).
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