Cellary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cellary is an adjective meaning Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.
Meaning
Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.
Example Sentences
Cellars, where the direct rays of the sun cannot enter, are often used as milk rooms, but there is always a cellary odor in them which impairs the flavor of the butter.
There is a cellary smell in all these old stone churches where slumber the mighty dead, suggestive of must, mould, and cockroaches, and on the hottest day a chill, like that of an ice-house.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cellarlike, catacombic, churchly, musty, closetlike, cupboardy.
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