cellar

¹cel·lar

noun \ˈse-lər\

Definition of CELLAR

1

a : basement

b : the lowest grade or rank; especially : the lowest place in the standings (as of an athletic league) <the team spent most of last year in the cellar>

2

: a stock of wines

Examples of CELLAR

1. The cellar has a dirt floor.
2. a restaurant with an impressive cellar

Origin of CELLAR

Middle English celer, from Anglo-French, from Latin cellarium storeroom, from cella

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to CELLAR

Synonyms

basement

Related Words

cellarage; bunker, crawlway, foundation, hold, vault; cyclone cellar, storm cellar

Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with CELLAR

dweller, feller, heller, Heller, Kneller, seller, sheller, smeller, speller, stellar, teller, yeller

²cellar

transitive verb

Definition of CELLAR

: to put into a cellar (as for storage) <cellaring wine>

First Known Use of CELLAR

1677

Rhymes with CELLAR

dweller, feller, smeller, yeller

cellar

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Portion of a building beneath ground level, used for utilitarian and storage purposes. It is often called a basement, especially when constructed as part of a foundation. A cellar used for food storage (e.g., a root cellar) may be beneath a house or located outdoors, partly underground, with the upper part mounded over with earth to maintain fairly constant temperature and humidity; the entire enclosure may be concrete, or the floor may be of dirt and the ceiling of timber.