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/ˈsɛlə/ · noun
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.
The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.
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.
Use cellar when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cellar means An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter..
Common synonyms include basement, wine cellar, root cellar.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
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