cellar

About 2.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.

   The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.

2. noun A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.

   The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.

3. noun Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.

   The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.

4. noun A basement.

   Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.

5. verb To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.
6. noun salt cellar

Similar words

root cellar basement wine cellar excavation pantry attic cave closet underground granary

Often followed by

and of to door in was or is for

Word family

cellared cellaring cellars