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cellar

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


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It boasts of amenities including a resort-style pool, hot tub, cold plunge, tennis court and 5,000-bottle wine cellar.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

The gold was found stashed in a bag under a stone cellar surface while workers were laying sewage pipes for a new homeless shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

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

Slowly, we lowered the weapons, and Doc eased himself out of the cellar.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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

This can lead to water filtering upwards above roads or into cellars and basements.

From BBC Feb. 18, 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

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

One or two of the priests shifted uncomfortably, for “downstairs” meant the cellars below the building: white-tiled rooms with points for anbaric current, soundproofed and well-drained.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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

Owen: It’s unclear where the wine comes from, although the label notes it’s cellared and bottled by DC Flynt MW Selections in Modesto, California.

From Seattle Times Dec. 16, 2021

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

There croons no owl to startle Despondency within; No raven o'er its portal To scare the daring mortal And guard its cellared sin.

From Days and Dreams Poems by Madison J. Cawein

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

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

“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

When Dogfish Head released the latest batch of 120 Minute, in mid-August, beer lovers lined up to pay $200 a case, with many telling Calagione they had cellaring plans.

From Washington Post Aug. 29, 2015

Yes," declared Raymond, "the extensive cellaring under this place is packed to the ceiling with ammunition ready for the Day of Invasion.

From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by William Le Queux




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