storm cellar

noun

: a cellar or covered excavation designed for protection from dangerous windstorms (such as tornadoes)

Examples of storm cellar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Choose a secure shelter: Pick a safe room within your home, such as a basement, storm cellar, or an interior room on the lowest floor without windows. —Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025

Storm Cellar Two more mirrors covered in chains and padlocks will be waiting for visitors in the storm cellar. —Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025

Seek shelter immediately, such as a safe room, basement, storm cellar, or a small interior room on the lowest level of a sturdy building. —Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2025

But no one ever answers the nagging question of why all these people living in an area regularly hammered by tornadoes never seem to have a basement or storm cellar to flee to. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024

Going to a basement, safe room or storm cellar is best. —Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2024

Now what? Basements and storm cellars are the safest locations. —Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023

The lyrics tell the story of a daughter sheltering herself in a storm cellar from a tornado and her alcoholic father. —Irene Richardson, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for storm cellar

• bestseller
• bookseller
• flagellar
• impeller
• lamellar
• micellar
• modeller
• ocellar
• patellar
• propeller
• reseller
• scutellar