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cellar

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


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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 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

How many plunge pools are in the palatial Tierra Santa Healing House, which just opened in the cellar of the Faena New York hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Luxe amenities include a gym, wine cellar, and bar.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

Raps were heard in the cellar, as the spirits spelled a message that stopped further digging: “Dear faithful friends, your work here is done.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

“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

The cellars of the castle played host to a prison cell, a mess room and an armoury.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2024

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

"Isn't it a lovely morning? The gods are smiling on us. Do try a cup of the wine, sweet sister. Lord Hunter was kind enough to send for it, from his own cellars."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

Bonnie Raitt’s fireside longshot drinks like a cellared fine wine, but wasn’t exactly zeitgeisty.

From Seattle Times Feb. 4, 2023

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

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

“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

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

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

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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