root cellar

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Onward to the root cellar, basket in hand, to forage for ingredients.

From Salon

"We had a root cellar and we had electricity. So, we hung out there for a couple of days."

From Reuters

In one case, a Russian was said to be living in a root cellar and eating only pickles for months.

From New York Times

You can slow ripening by storing tomatoes at around 50 degrees, in somewhere like a root cellar or a small wine fridge devoted to produce, McDermott says.

From Washington Post

When I was growing up in Ukraine, every time I stayed at my grandmother’s house, we would go into her root cellar to pick something delicious for our next meal.

From Washington Post