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cellar

[sel-er] / ˈsɛl ər /
NOUN
underground story of building
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Additional amenities include a home theater, wine cellar, and fitness center.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

My father burst in and said 'in to the cellar, the Germans are coming'.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Elsewhere inside the home is a media room that can double as a game room, as well as a wine cellar.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

It boasts of amenities including a resort-style pool, hot tub, cold plunge, tennis court and 5,000-bottle wine cellar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Aunt Kitty must have been on her hands and knees in the dirty cellar, because a big patch of mud was smeared across the lower part of her gown.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

It also had three kitchens, five bars, two wine cellars, a four-lane bowling alley, a helipad, a gym, a wellness center, a gaming area and an 85-foot-long infinity pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“I have felt for a long time that there are thousands and thousands of American citizens with cellars full of guns,” Close said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

That preference held across a wide range of indoor environments, from science labs to art studios, locker rooms to wine cellars.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

Soon, families began showing up at his workshop with violins that had been stored away in attics and cellars, each with its own haunting story.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

This stink was just the smell of a thousand people jammed into cellars and tunnels that had been dug to shelter no more than a hundred.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

That said, it could also be cellared for a few years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

“It transforms cellared vegetables and stale bread into something absolutely magical,” she said.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025

Bonnie Raitt’s fireside longshot drinks like a cellared fine wine, but wasn’t exactly zeitgeisty.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023

An adage had it that you drank wine cellared by your parents, and bought wine for your children.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2020

Deep cellared in primeval ooze, Ruined, dishonoured, spoiled, They lie where the lean water-worm Crawls free of their secrets, and their broken sides Bulge with the slime of life. 

From The Song of the Sword and Other Verses by William Ernest Henley

And even though glass will almost certainly remain the packaging of choice, we may see more boxes and cans, especially for wines not intended for cellaring.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021

Those transformations make cellaring fun, though the results can be divisive.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2015

“Different styles improve in a positive manner, whether that’s over six months or six years,” says Bill Sysak, craft beer ambassador for Stone Brewing in California, who has emerged as a well-regarded expert in cellaring.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2015

Stone’s Sysak, who has 2,600 bottles in his personal collection, shares Hancock’s reservations about cellaring IPAs and hoppy ales.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2015

Yes," declared Raymond, "the extensive cellaring under this place is packed to the ceiling with ammunition ready for the Day of Invasion.

From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by William Le Queux


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