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cellar

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


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This property came with plenty of bells and whistles as well: a $200,000 candy room, a 2,500-bottle wine cellar loaded with cases of Dom Perignon, and an art installation featuring a chrome machine gun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Another standout feature is the home’s wine cellar, which is accessed by a staircase featuring herringbone-patterned brickwork.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

Wielding shovels and spades, David and the other men dug in the cellar for evidence of the peddler.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“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

People are thought to have lived in the upper floors of homes above the ash below, with the lower floors converted into cellars.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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

There are a surprising number of places to hide something that size even in any ordinary modern house; you don’t need secret panels and extensive cellars in order to make something hard to find.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

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 Poems 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

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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