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root cellar

NOUN
root crop storage
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People who don’t have a root cellar can try keeping their potatoes in a basket or a burlap sack.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

She recalled hiding in a root cellar with her baby brother, just as residents did last year.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

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

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

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

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2022

He hurried to the root cellar and packed his rucksack with enough nuts, venison jerky, and big potatolike Jerusalem artichoke roots to feed himself for three or four days.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George