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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
1
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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JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
There is also a five-hole golf course with a driving range, sports court, skate park and wine-and-cigar cellar.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Shipments include six total bottles, two of each selection, so members have one to enjoy now and one to cellar for savoring at a later date.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
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Noun
Business leaders and boosters—if not the public library’s archivist—thought rumors and legends and sub-cellars, basements, coal chutes, and other subterranean utility spaces made for a marketable product.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
There is also a five-hole golf course with a driving range, sports court, skate park and wine-and-cigar cellar.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
Structured enough to cellar, but irresistible right now.
—Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Shipments include six total bottles, two of each selection, so members have one to enjoy now and one to cellar for savoring at a later date.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 20 May 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 3 Nov. 2025.
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