root cellar

noun

: a pit used for the storage especially of root crops

Examples of root cellar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web By the 1980s, Masing had built up enough evidence to show that root cellars and ruins were a significant source of bat habitat. Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024 At the time, Masing had begun researching another understudied hibernaculum: root cellars. Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024 From the root cellar, however, no middleman was required. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 The majority were sheltering in an underground root cellar in the back yard of another farmhouse. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for root cellar 

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Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of root cellar was in 1767

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“Root cellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20cellar. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

root cellar

noun
: an underground storage area for vegetables and especially those (as carrots) with enlarged roots
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