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noun

plural of cellar

as in basements

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of cellar

as in warehouses

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The spa—pool, hammam, sauna and treatment rooms—occupies a series of adjoining cellars deep beneath the Palm Court. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026 Maison 1896 debuted in a Beaux Arts building in the center of town, near the Hospices de Beaune and the cellars of legendary Burgundian wine family, Maison Joseph Drouhin. — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026 Historically, red wines were stored in underground cellars, stone pantries, or naturally cool rooms before modern heating systems existed. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026 On October 1 in Paris, the house will sell almost 700 lots sourced directly from the cellars of Château Haut-Brion, celebrating 90 years of Dillon family ownership. — George Nelson For Artnews, Robb Report, 9 July 2026 Visitors can explore experimental cellars like Alpha Box & Dice, enjoy live music at Down The Rabbit Hole, or savor traditional elegance at Fox Creek. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Earlier in the episode, when Daemon and the Rivermen defeated the Lannisters, Ser Simon rewarded them with wine from the cellars. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026 Areas such as crawl spaces, sump pump pits, utility cellars and under-porch areas can be hotter than outside air, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 25 June 2026

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Many of the items that the couple had stored were of the type that people keep in basements, but the high water table in most of Florida makes basements a rarity.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Jet fuel burns as hot as kerosene — twice as hot as wood — and firefighters battle kerosene fires every day in the basements of tenements all over the city.

— Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

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Fort Taylor is a national historic monument and state park that houses the largest collection of Civil War armament in the world.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The classroom houses Watson's dual language immersion program, one of two in the Little Rock School District, where students receive much of their instruction in Spanish and learn to speak, read and write in both Spanish and English.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

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