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a
: a room or set of rooms below the ground floor of a building : basement
There's storage space in the cellar.
b(1)
: a room for storing wines : wine cellar
(2)
: a stock of wines
a restaurant with an impressive cellar
2
: 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.
cellared; cellaring
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transitive
: to put or keep (something, such as wine or cheese) in a cellar for storage or aging
Each batch is handmade to achieve a delicate soft texture, then cellared for a month to complete the aging …—
Juliet Harbutt
Juliet Harbutt2
intransitive
: to be stored in a cellar : to undergo aging while being stored in a cellar
Perfectly drinkable now, but will cellar nicely for another 3–5 years.—Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Wine Enthusiast MagazineExamples of cellar in a Sentence
Noun
The cellar has a dirt floor.
a restaurant with an impressive cellar
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Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Guests can book a barrel tasting in the winery’s cellar, enjoy a VIP tasting in the Cask Room, or even create their own blend during the Winemaker’s Experience, bottling and labeling their own signature wine to take home.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Cain always holds back a quarter of its vintage each year to cellar and release later as a library wine, allowing consumers to taste the evolution of Cain’s bottlings.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Their intimate cellar offers tastings of unfiltered, organic varietals, including a refreshing pet-nat reminiscent of strawberries and cream.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Guests can book a barrel tasting in the winery’s cellar, enjoy a VIP tasting in the Cask Room, or even create their own blend during the Winemaker’s Experience, bottling and labeling their own signature wine to take home.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
To complement, Genesis House cellars a world-class wine lists and the most expansive list of Korean spirits in New York, 28 in all.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Cain always holds back a quarter of its vintage each year to cellar and release later as a library wine, allowing consumers to taste the evolution of Cain’s bottlings.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cellar
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“Cellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellar. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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