root cellar

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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

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

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2022

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

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

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 • Jun. 17, 2022

Or can we haul that mess out of the old root cellar in the back of the truck?

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor