as in basement
a room or set of rooms below the surface of the ground
an amazing array of interesting things were found in the cellar of the old house
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Recent Examples of cellar
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
Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Finally, doubling down in Gaza will further torpedo Israel’s international reputation, which is already in the cellar.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
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
Verb
The 2025 Cellar Aged is a blend of 11, 13, and 14-year-old bourbons finished in Maker's Mark's limestone cellar.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Finally, doubling down in Gaza will further torpedo Israel’s international reputation, which is already in the cellar.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cellar
Noun
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Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Don't go into a basement, or any room, if water covers the electrical outlets or if cords are submerged.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There’s also a separate two-bedroom lodge on-site, plus garages for seven cars.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 July 2025
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Among the recommendations were raising rates at parking meters, garages and establishing fees for permits currently free to residential car owners.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2025
Verb
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What else will Costco offer to warehouse members this fall?—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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By calling this jail a 'deportation depot,' DeSantis is reducing human beings to commodities—objects that can be warehoused, processed, and shipped away.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Airbnb co-founder @jgebbia is working with @DOGE to digitize the government's antiquated retirement process — which is literally housed in 22,000 filing cabinets in a Pennsylvania cave.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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More than 1,000 employees circumnavigate the bustling fifth floor Tempus office around an atrium that Lefkofsky said was a spiral parking ramp before the building — a National Historic Landmark that once housed the country’s oldest mail-order firm — was converted to tech space 25 years ago.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Cellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cellar. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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