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cellar

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


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The garden level holds a media room, guest room, laundry room and a cedar-lined 636-bottle wine cellar carved from one of the home’s original eccentricities: a secret tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The notion that red wine must be served at room temperature is an outdated concept based on it being kept in the much cooler conditions of a cellar, says Bartolotta.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

In Paris, “Franklin wasted no time, hiring a French cook and stocking his cellar with over a thousand bottles of wine.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

“I need to check the cellar real quick,” he thought to himself, and headed to the Burgundies.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Aunt Kitty smiled and nodded politely, but the moment Mrs. Maroney disappeared, she raced for the cellar door and was down the stairs in a flash.

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

This can lead to water filtering upwards above roads or into cellars and basements.

From BBC Feb. 18, 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

They featured covered galleries so that merchants could buy and sell even if rain came drumming down; cellars were so large, they resembled underground cities.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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

She has given all the farm horses to the ambulances; all her linen to the medical director; all cattle, sheep, swine, poultry to the hospital authorities; all her cellared stores, wines, luxuries to the wounded.

From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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

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

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

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 Le Queux, William




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