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cellar

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


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He manages nine pubs, and said venue owners across the city will be planning, getting beer in the cellar and food in the fridges.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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

During that winter, the farmhouse's cellar flooded, the pipes froze and "the tractor just decided to go kaput".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The house has a wood-paneled office with a coffered ceiling and a brick-floored wine cellar with an antique wine press.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Something about his pacing and his preoccupied manner reminded me of Mrs. Maroney at her cellar door, guarding where she’d hidden her loot.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The state opening will begin at 09:30 when the royal bodyguards, known as the Yeoman of the Guard, conduct a ceremonial search of the cellars of the Palace of Westminster for explosives.

From BBC ● May 12, 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

And though Drouhin simply acknowledged her own winery, I’ll do more than that: No trip to Beaune would be complete without a visit to the impressive historic cellars of Maison Joseph Drouhin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

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

Terrorized Berlin inhabitants crowded into cellars, subways, underground bunkers, and concrete flak towers.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

Owen: It’s unclear where the wine comes from, although the label notes it’s cellared and bottled by DC Flynt MW Selections in Modesto, California.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

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

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

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

“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

When Dogfish Head released the latest batch of 120 Minute, in mid-August, beer lovers lined up to pay $200 a case, with many telling Calagione they had cellaring plans.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2015

He'll break out some day like a keg of ale With too much independent frenzy in it; And all for cellaring what he knows won't keep, And what he'd best forget—but that he can't.

From The Man Against the Sky by Edwin Arlington Robinson




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